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- Race Driver Louis Chevrolet, circa 1913 - Swiss-born racing driver Louis Chevrolet immigrated to the United States in 1900. Chevrolet built an impressive career, competing four times each in the Vanderbilt Cup and the Indianapolis 500. But he is best remembered for co-founding Chevrolet Motor Company with Billy Durant in 1911. Chevrolet left his eponymous car company before its merger with General Motors in 1918.
- circa 1913
- Collections - Artifact
Race Driver Louis Chevrolet, circa 1913
Swiss-born racing driver Louis Chevrolet immigrated to the United States in 1900. Chevrolet built an impressive career, competing four times each in the Vanderbilt Cup and the Indianapolis 500. But he is best remembered for co-founding Chevrolet Motor Company with Billy Durant in 1911. Chevrolet left his eponymous car company before its merger with General Motors in 1918.
- Woman Dressed in Motoring Clothes, Hat and Goggles, circa 1910 - This photograph show a woman dressed for a drive in an open car. The perceived masculine nature of driving automobiles and wearing protective clothes did not stop some women from getting behind the wheel.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Woman Dressed in Motoring Clothes, Hat and Goggles, circa 1910
This photograph show a woman dressed for a drive in an open car. The perceived masculine nature of driving automobiles and wearing protective clothes did not stop some women from getting behind the wheel.