Motorists on Mississippi River levee, 1912 Glidden Tour

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Description

View of motorists gathered on Mississippi River levee during the 1912 Glidden Tour. Cars are lined up in road. Although the official 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled, Charles Glidden led a caravan over the identical route that had been originally planned, from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana. Handwritten on back: "Glidden tourists on Mississippi levee, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

Details

Resource ID:: na026753
Subject:: Automobiles; Levees; Glidden Tour (1912); Automobile travel--United States; Photographic prints
Date:: 1912-10
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912 #7
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.