Motorcyclist Shorty Mathews racing Thor motorcycle on track, 1912 Michigan State Fairgrounds meet

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View of motorcyclist Shorty Mathews racing Thor motorcycle on track during the 1912 meet held at the Michigan State Fairgrounds. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Mathews winning 10 mile race, time 10 min., 22 sec. Thor. May 19, 1912."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na046203
Subject:: Motorcyclists--Michigan--Detroit; Motorcycles, Racing--Michigan--Detroit; Aurora Automatic Machinery Company; Motorcycle racing--Michigan--Detroit; Michigan State Fair; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1912-05-19
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: General photograph files, Motorcycle Races--Michigan State Fair, 1912
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.