Automobile approaching gate on rural road at Greenwood, Mississippi, 1912 Glidden Tour

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Rear view of motorists in car approaching a closed gate on rural road at Greenwood, Mississippi during the 1912 Glidden Tour. Man stands next to gate. 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: "A gate to open on the road, out of Greenwood, a small stretch of better road, Glidden Tour, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

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Resource ID:: na026683
Subject:: Automobiles--Mississippi--Greenwood; Gates--Mississippi--Greenwood; 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 #5
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.