Dave Friedman Collection--Photographs--Digital Images--1968 Indianapolis 500--Item 1342

Summary

Photographer Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. Here Bobby Unser celebrates his 1968 Indianapolis 500 victory in the race's traditional way: with a bottle of milk. Louis Meyer started the custom in 1936 by toasting his third Indy 500 win with buttermilk.

Photographer Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. Here Bobby Unser celebrates his 1968 Indianapolis 500 victory in the race's traditional way: with a bottle of milk. Louis Meyer started the custom in 1936 by toasting his third Indy 500 win with buttermilk.

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

1968

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.317.5507

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Digital imaging

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 1204 pixel

Width: 1795 pixel

Resolution: 72 dpi

Depth: 24 bit

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