Jeanetta Holder Presents a Quilt to Roger Penske to Mark His 30 Years of Racing at the Indiapolis 500, 1999
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Jeanetta Holder combined her loves of sewing and auto racing by creating and presenting a quilt to the winner of the Indianapolis 500 each year. Holder's quilts became an Indy tradition. In 1999 she made an additional quilt for team owner Roger Penske. The special quilt marked the 30th anniversary of Team Penske's first Indy 500 appearance in 1969.
Jeanetta Holder combined her loves of sewing and auto racing by creating and presenting a quilt to the winner of the Indianapolis 500 each year. Holder's quilts became an Indy tradition. In 1999 she made an additional quilt for team owner Roger Penske. The special quilt marked the 30th anniversary of Team Penske's first Indy 500 appearance in 1969.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
1999
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2010.40.2.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jeanetta Holder.
Color
Multicolored
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