James Kelly and R.L. Robbins at Marmon Motor Car Company factory
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Description
View of aviators James Kelly and R.L. Robbins posing with a Roosevelt engine in the motor testing department of the Marmon Motor Car Company factory. Printed on front: "Inspecting one of the engines that powers their new cars, James Kelly (left) and R.L. Robbins, famous Fort Worth aviators, standing beside a Roosevelt straight-eight engine in the motor testing department of the Marmon factory. The engine is the same as the one used in the Roosevelt sedan which broke all automotive non-stop endurance records on the Indianapolis Speedway. Photo by W. Frank Jones, Ind'pls." Handwritten on back: "Factories--Marmon, 1929."
Details
- Creator:
- Jones, W. Frank
- Resource ID:
- na034695
- Subject:
- Automobiles--Motors
- Air pilots
- Marmon Motor Car Company
- Automobile factories
- Photographers--Indiana--Indianapolis
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1929
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- Factories--Marmon
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.