Cliff Durant, #20 Chevrolet and Eddie Rickenbacker, #17 Maxwell, San Francisco, California, 1915

Summary

Cliff Durant, son of General Motors founder Billy Durant, raced from 1912 to 1928. He competed six times in the Indianapolis 500, earning his best finish with seventh place in 1923. Eddie Rickenbacker raced for ten years before becoming a flying ace in World War I. He competed five times at Indy, earning his personal-best tenth-place finish in 1914.

Cliff Durant, son of General Motors founder Billy Durant, raced from 1912 to 1928. He competed six times in the Indianapolis 500, earning his best finish with seventh place in 1923. Eddie Rickenbacker raced for ten years before becoming a flying ace in World War I. He competed five times at Indy, earning his personal-best tenth-place finish in 1914.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1915

Collection Title

Phil Harms Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.103.P.O.59

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5.00 in

Width: 7.00 in

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