Motorists in E-M-F automobile passing Ypsilanti Water Tower, 1909 Glidden pathfinding expedition

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Description

View of motorists in E-M-F car passing the Ypsilanti Water Tower, also known as the Ypsilanti Water Works Stand Pipe, during the pathfinding expedition for the 1909 Glidden Tour. Handwritten on back: "E.M.F. '30', 1909. This car used by Dai H. Lewis, secretary of the A.A.A. and his party, mapped out the official route to be followed by the Glidden Tour from Detroit, Mi. to Denver, Co. Photo by William Krohn, rep. of Lazarnick. Tours--Glidden Tour Pathfinder, 1909."

Details

Creator:: Krohn, William
Resource ID:: na024351
Subject:: Automobiles--Michigan--Ypsilanti; E-M-F Company; Water towers--Michigan--Ypsilanti; Glidden Tour (1909); Automobile travel; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 7 x 5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Glidden Tour Pathfinder, 1909 #1
Negative Number:: Negative #C2364
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.