Max Hertel autocycle engine, 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Race
Description:
Close-up view of the engine for a Max Hertel autocycle 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. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Max Hertel, sponsor 'smallest gasoline car entered in race, having two bicycles for a chassis. Mr. Hertel was not at the starting due to steering gear trouble.' C.B. King, Dec. 1895, the motorcycle view of 2 cylinder, low compressor, four-cycle engine." Advertisement for American Machinist magazine printed on back. Handwritten on back: "Max Hertel."
