Winners of the 1933 Indianapolis 500, Driver Louis Meyer and Mechanic Lawson Harris, in #36 Tydol Special
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Driver Louis Meyer and riding mechanic Lawson Harris won the Indianapolis 500 in 1933, averaging 104.162 mph. Their Miller-built car was sponsored by Tydol gasoline. It was the second of Meyer's three Indy 500 victories. Meyer is also credited with starting the Indy tradition of drinking milk in Victory Lane -- he downed a glass of buttermilk after his 1936 win.
Driver Louis Meyer and riding mechanic Lawson Harris won the Indianapolis 500 in 1933, averaging 104.162 mph. Their Miller-built car was sponsored by Tydol gasoline. It was the second of Meyer's three Indy 500 victories. Meyer is also credited with starting the Indy tradition of drinking milk in Victory Lane -- he downed a glass of buttermilk after his 1936 win.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1933
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.56
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
on front: WINNER / Louis Meyer Dr. Lawson Harris M. / Indianapolis Motor Speedway / 1933. / c[opyright] 35623 [Kinneytrian?] [illegible] Indpls Ind ink stamp on back: TOWER STUDIOS / 5454 E. Washington St. / INDIANAPOLIS 1, IND.
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