Jeanetta Holder with Her Indianapolis 500 Quilt Made for Bobby Unser, 1975-1980
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Jeanetta Holder combined her sewing talents with her love of auto racing in 1976 when she created an Indianapolis 500-themed quilt for that year's race winner, Johnny Rutherford. Holder's quilts, covered with embroidered reproductions of autographs she collected over the years, became an Indy tradition. She made this quilt for Bobby Unser in 1981 after his third and final Indy 500 victory.
Jeanetta Holder combined her sewing talents with her love of auto racing in 1976 when she created an Indianapolis 500-themed quilt for that year's race winner, Johnny Rutherford. Holder's quilts, covered with embroidered reproductions of autographs she collected over the years, became an Indy tradition. She made this quilt for Bobby Unser in 1981 after his third and final Indy 500 victory.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
1975-1980
Keywords
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2010.40.2.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jeanetta Holder.
Color
Multicolored
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