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O.S.C.A. S187 #763 Driven by Denise McCluggage during Bahamas Speed Weeks, November-December 1959

THF134223 / O.S.C.A. S187 #763 Driven by Denise McCluggage during Bahamas Speed Weeks, November-December 1959
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Artifact Overview

Journalist Denise McCluggage was covering auto racing for the New York Herald when she began driving race cars herself. She had no formal training but proved to be a natural talent on the track. Racing through the 1950s and 1960s, she earned sports car victories at Nassau, Watkins Glen, and Sebring. McCluggage co-founded Autoweek magazine in 1958.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

29 November 1959-06 December 1959

Subject Date

29 November 1959 - 06 December 1959

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.N.591104.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in

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