Driver Kelly Petillo and Mechanic Jimmy Dunham in the Number 5 Gillmore Speedway Special Race Car, Indianapolis 500 Race, 1935

THF87542 / Driver Kelly Petillo and Mechanic Jimmy Dunham in the Number 5 Gillmore Speedway Special Race Car, Indianapolis 500 Race, 1935
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Artifact Overview

The winners of the 1935 Indianapolis 500 posed for this photograph. Driver Kelly Petillo and Mechanic Jimmy Dunham raced to victory in the Number 5 Gilmore Speedway Special.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

May 1935

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.103.N.819.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Safety film

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 1.375 in
Width: 1.5 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in ink above image on contact print of negative in same location: THE WINNER AND RECORD BREAKER / USING GILMORE GASOLINE / NEW RECORD - 106.240 MILES PER HOUR Handwritten at the bottom of the photo (readable only in scanned, enlarge image): KELLY PETILLO (DRIVER) JIMMY DUNHAM (MECH) INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 1935
Driver Kelly Petillo and Mechanic Jimmy Dunham in the Number 5 Gillmore Speedway Special Race Car, Indianapolis 500 Race, 1935