Marmon and Mercer racecars, 1913 Elgin Races
Grab
Description
View of Joe Dawson racing Marmon car no. 6 and Ralph DePalma racing Mercer car no. 14 on course during the 1913 Elgin Races in Illinois. Onlookers and scoreboard on roadside. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich." Handwritten on back: "Elgin Races, 1913. Joe Dawson, Marmon #6, leading Ralph DePalma in Mercer #14 on home stretch."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na045497
- Subject:
- Automobiles, Racing--Illinois--Elgin
- Marmon automobile
- Mercer Automobile Company
- Automobile racing--Illinois--Elgin
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1913
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- General photograph files, Marmon, 1913-1915
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.