Macy-Benz automobile, 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Race
Description:
View of Jerry O'Connor and passenger in a Macy-Benz automobile no. 22 at the start of the the 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Race. Spectators in background. Typed on back: "Subject: Races & racing--Chicago Times Herald. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 28 Nov. 1895. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Number twenty-two. R.H. Macy & Co., New York, sponsor. (Roger-Benz motor). Driver: Jerry O'Connor, the Macy-Benz." Advertisement for American Machinist magazine printed on back. Handwritten on back: "De la Vergne [sic], start Nov. 28, '95."
