Racing officials and policemen surrounding J.F. Betz in Fiat racecar, 1911 Fairmount Park races

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Description

View of racing officials and police officers surrounding J. Fred Betz in Fiat car no. 15 during the 1911 Fairmount Park races in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Man holding megaphone stands in foreground. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "J.F. Betts [sic]. Races and racing--Fairmount Park races, 1911."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na012536
Subject:: Automobiles, Racing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Fiat automobiles; Fairmount Park Motor Race (1911); Automobile racing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911-10
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Races and racing--Fairmount Park races, 1911 #2
Negative Number:: Negative #C13,030
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.