Barney Oldfield posing in a 1908 Winton Bullet no. 2 racecar
Description:
View of driver Barney Oldfield posing in the 1908 Winton Bullet no. 2 racecar. Spectators and grandstand in background. Label on back: "Picture no. 6. Text: Speed crazy. Having gained his initial fame by driving Henry Ford's "999", Barney Oldfield then switched over to Bullet no. 2, built by Ford's rival, Alexander Winton. Alert to publicity, Oldfield submitted gracefully to the photographers." Handwritten on back: "1908 Winton. Barney Oldfield at wheel."
