Amelia Earhart in Pace Car as Honorary Referee at the Indianapolis 500, May 30, 1935
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Celebrities are a longstanding tradition at the Indianapolis 500. Actors, musicians, athletes, politicians, and automotive industry leaders all have played various ceremonial roles in the race's festivities. Amelia Earhart served as an honorary referee at the 1935 race. The pace car that year was a Ford Model 48 convertible sedan, driven by Ford executive Harry Mack.
Celebrities are a longstanding tradition at the Indianapolis 500. Actors, musicians, athletes, politicians, and automotive industry leaders all have played various ceremonial roles in the race's festivities. Amelia Earhart served as an honorary referee at the 1935 race. The pace car that year was a Ford Model 48 convertible sedan, driven by Ford executive Harry Mack.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
30 May 1935
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.N.5169.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 1 in
Width: 1.5 in
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