Men shaving on Mississippi levee, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition

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Description

View of three men sitting on plank along the Mississippi levee during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. Standing man shaves the beard of man sitting on plank; man holding a pair of scissors is partially visible on right. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Pathfinder along the Mississippi levee, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

Details

Resource ID:: na026706
Subject:: African American men--Mississippi; Shaving--Mississippi; Scissors and shears--Mississippi; Glidden Tour (1912); Automobile travel--United States; Photographic prints
Date:: 1912
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912 #6
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.