Jerry Titus, Driver of Shelby 1968 Mustang at 24 Hours of Daytona Race, February 1968
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Artifact Overview
Jerry Titus studied trumpet at Juilliard before he began writing about cars in the mid-1950s. He started racing in 1960, and he earned a Trans-Am championship in 1967 and a class win at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1969. Titus died following a crash during pre-race practice in 1970. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2010.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
03 February 1968 - 04 February 1968
Subject Date
03 February 1968 - 04 February 1968
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Photography by Jack Brady Associates, Santa Barbara, California
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.N.680311.13
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
Inscriptions
Blue ink stamp on back of contact sheet with 21 images reads in part:
SUBJECT: DAYONA (sic) 24-HOURS
NO: 680201
Permission..... / JACK BRADY ASSOCIATES / [address] / SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
Handwritten in ink on lower right back corner: 680211
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