Jeanetta Holder Presents A.J. Foyt with a Quilt as the Winner of the 1977 Indianapolis 500
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Artifact Overview
Jeanetta Holder combined her loves of sewing and auto racing by creating a quilt for the winner of the Indianapolis 500 each year. Holder's quilts became an Indy tradition. In 1977 she presented one to winner A.J. Foyt. With his previous victories in 1961, 1964 and 1967, Foyt was the first driver to win the Indy 500 four times.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
1977
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2010.40.2.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jeanetta Holder.
Color
Multicolored
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