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Harold Hardy is the runner second from left. Can see signs for Howell Cigar, Beurmann & Company, McPherson's Shoes and Clothes

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Races for the Fourth of July on Grand River Avenue in Howell, Michigan - July 4, 1914

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The boy watching the elderly gentleman race has a flyer which was titled Fourth of July. The races are run going west to east on Grand River Avenue.

Pennets for the Chautauqua are strung over the street. The Howell Chautauqua was held August 15-19, 1914 Chautauqua is an institution that provided popular adult education courses and entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read The Livingston Republican April 22, 1914 article (in Library use only)

Most people are unknown except those noted.

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