Group of men in front of the Hotel Pontchartrain for the start of the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of the front entrance of the Pontchartrain Hotel, downtown Detroit, decorated with United States flags and flowers, sign reads 'Headquarters Glidden Tour, A.A.A. Frank B. Hower, Chairman Contest Board,' crowd of men in front of hotel entrance. Caption on photo back: 'F. B. Hower was his own best advertiser at the Pontchartrain Hotel.' Negative #C22,396.