Erwin "Cannon Ball" Baker at the Controls of the 1902 Ford "999" Race Car, 1956
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Erwin "Cannon Ball" Baker performed in vaudeville before he started racing, and he brought a showman's flair to his motorsport career. He made headlines with a series of coast-to-coast motorcycle and automobile speed runs, setting a record of 53.5 hours in 1933. Baker's feats inspired the famous -- and decidedly unofficial -- Cannonball Run transcontinental race.
Erwin "Cannon Ball" Baker performed in vaudeville before he started racing, and he brought a showman's flair to his motorsport career. He made headlines with a series of coast-to-coast motorcycle and automobile speed runs, setting a record of 53.5 hours in 1933. Baker's feats inspired the famous -- and decidedly unofficial -- Cannonball Run transcontinental race.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1956
Subject Date
February 1956
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2017.0.35.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Cannonball Baker at the controls of the 1902 Ford 999 racer at Daytona Beach, Florida, Feb 1956.
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