Driver Kelly Petillo and Mechanic Jimmy Dunham in the Number 5 Gillmore Speedway Special Race Car, Indianapolis 500 Race, 1935
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The winners of the 1935 Indianapolis 500 posed for this photograph. Driver Kelly Petillo and Mechanic Jimmy Dunham raced to victory in the Number 5 Gilmore Speedway Special.
The winners of the 1935 Indianapolis 500 posed for this photograph. Driver Kelly Petillo and Mechanic Jimmy Dunham raced to victory in the Number 5 Gilmore Speedway Special.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
May 1935
Keywords
United States, Indiana, Indianapolis
Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.N.819.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Safety film
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 1.375 in
Width: 1.5 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink above image on contact print of negative in same location: THE WINNER AND RECORD BREAKER / USING GILMORE GASOLINE / NEW RECORD - 106.240 MILES PER HOUR Handwritten at the bottom of the photo (readable only in scanned, enlarge image): KELLY PETILLO (DRIVER) JIMMY DUNHAM (MECH) INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 1935
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