Close-up view of Ames automobile during the 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Race. Typed on back: "Subject: Races & racing--Chicago Times Herald. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 1895. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. J. Duryea. I.D.: Ames, a railroad man from South Chicago, car was a steam contrivance using two bicycle chassis and a sleigh body. From America's first automobile race by C.B. King." Advertisement for American Machinist magazine printed on back.
