Al Unser, Winner of the Pocono 500 Race in 1978, with Jeanetta Holder's Quilt at his Side
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Jeanetta Holder combined her loves of sewing and auto racing by creating quilts for the winners of major races. Holder presented a quilt to Al Unser after he took the checkered flag at the Pocono 500 in 1978. Unser also won the 500-mile races at Indianapolis and Ontario that year, giving him the Indy car "Triple Crown."
Jeanetta Holder combined her loves of sewing and auto racing by creating quilts for the winners of major races. Holder presented a quilt to Al Unser after he took the checkered flag at the Pocono 500 in 1978. Unser also won the 500-mile races at Indianapolis and Ontario that year, giving him the Indy car "Triple Crown."
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
1978
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2010.40.2.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jeanetta Holder.
Color
Multicolored
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