Macy-Benz automobile, 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Race
Description:
View of motorists in a Macy-Benz automobile no. 22 at the start of 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. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: R.H. Macy-Benz. Number twenty-two waiting for the start of the race (won second place)." Advertisement for American Machinist magazine printed on back. Handwritten on back: "R.H. Macy."