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Date1937
Object Namephotograph
Mediumpaper, wood
DimensionsH: 11.25 x 10. in, W: 13.825 x 12.375 in, D: 0.75 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Charles and June Keene
Object number2007.25.74
DescriptionFrame is wood painted a dull gold color, glass over. Photograph is b&w and was colored in, two men sitting in the driver's seat of a race car. Standing just behind the race car are six more men. In the background, the grandstands and a few spectators. They colored the race car blue and the ground is a brown rusty color.
Written in center of photograph, "Jimmy Snyder, Tak Harishima [Takeo "Chickie" Hirashima] and crew, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1937, Qualifying Time one lap 130.814, 25 min. 125.2 holder of all records in qualifying. Stamped on the verso, "Weil Paint and Wall Paper Co. 1630 East 87th street, RE 1063, Chicago, Ill. 606/7"
Written in center of photograph, "Jimmy Snyder, Tak Harishima [Takeo "Chickie" Hirashima] and crew, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1937, Qualifying Time one lap 130.814, 25 min. 125.2 holder of all records in qualifying. Stamped on the verso, "Weil Paint and Wall Paper Co. 1630 East 87th street, RE 1063, Chicago, Ill. 606/7"
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