[Ben Loy and Shannon Lees in Stearns car]

Unknown

Date

1909
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 4 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.
Mount: 4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, verso:
c. printed on attached newspaper clipping [upside down]: Ben Loy, at the Wheel of the Stearns Car Entered in Next Tuesday's Auto Race at Cheyenne, Who Was Killed Yesterday \ in an Accident While Going Over the New Cheyenne Four-Mile Race Course, and Shannon Lees, the Mechanician \ on the Car (on the Right), Who Was So Seriously Injured That Little Hope Is Held Out for His Recovery. \ (Continued from Page One.) \ on the track until the day of the races, \ when it will be policed and every pre- \ caution taken to prevent accidents. [cut off] \ that something would happen to Loy, \ Lees and his car, because the start to \ Cheyenne was made yesterday, Friday. \ the 13th. [cut off] \ would. Now Loy is dead, Lees may die \ and my new $4,700 car is junk." \ Loy according [cut off]
Collection Name

Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1976.17.2
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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