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Jack Johnson at Auto Race
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African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1912. A number of unidentified people are gathered around him as he and another man (both wearing goggles) lean against a car (probably Johnson's).
October 2, 1912
Taylor, J. Robert
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Wrecked Automobile
October 5, 1912
A wrecked automobile, which crashed during the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize Race (later called the American Grand Prix); possibly car #35, in which driver Ralph DePalma was seriously injured.
Race Car Drivers
September 1912
Two men sitting in a racecar, with the driver of the car, possibly Harry Endicott, wearing a leather mask with goggles. Two men are standing in the background.
Grand Prize Automobile Race
October 1912
Slightly elevated view of drivers making last minute adjustments to their automobiles at the start of the Milwaukee Grand Prize race (later called the American Grand Prix).
Frank Kulick
1912
The person on the right is Frank Kulick, who worked on and drove some of Henry Ford's early race cars. The individual on the left is unidentified.
Race Car
October 2, 1912
Race car #26, possibly driven by Spencer Wishart, driving down a country road during the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Two houses are on the right behind fences and fields.
Group of Men on Racetrack
1912
The man in the goggles on the right is Teddy Tetzlaff; possibly at the Vanderbilt Cup Race. The other men are unidentified. In the background is the grandstand area with large advertisements.
