Search
- 1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 884 - Parnelli Jones drove the #40 car for Andy Granatelli and his STP team at the 1967 Indianapolis 500. The unusual racer was powered by a turbine engine that was mounted on one side while Jones sat on the other. Jones and the turbine car dominated the race until a gearbox bearing failed only four laps from the finish.
- May 01, 1967
- Collections - Artifact
1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 884
Parnelli Jones drove the #40 car for Andy Granatelli and his STP team at the 1967 Indianapolis 500. The unusual racer was powered by a turbine engine that was mounted on one side while Jones sat on the other. Jones and the turbine car dominated the race until a gearbox bearing failed only four laps from the finish.
- Man Harvesting Wheat Using a Ford-Ferguson Tractor with Combine Attached, Indiana, August 1940 - Ford Motor Company introduced the 9N tractor in 1939. It featured the "Ferguson System:" a 3-point hydraulic hitch-and-lift system invented by Irishman Harry Ferguson. Ferguson's revolutionary hitch kept agricultural implements, like the combine seen here, in line with the tractor. It also provided stability. By 1940, nearly 8 percent of tractors sold in the U.S. were 9Ns.
- August 05, 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Man Harvesting Wheat Using a Ford-Ferguson Tractor with Combine Attached, Indiana, August 1940
Ford Motor Company introduced the 9N tractor in 1939. It featured the "Ferguson System:" a 3-point hydraulic hitch-and-lift system invented by Irishman Harry Ferguson. Ferguson's revolutionary hitch kept agricultural implements, like the combine seen here, in line with the tractor. It also provided stability. By 1940, nearly 8 percent of tractors sold in the U.S. were 9Ns.
- M. M. M. Slattery's Electric Tricycle, circa 1910 - Marmaduke Slattery, chief electrician at the Fort Wayne Jenney Electric Light Company, had this electric tricycle built in 1889. Slattery powered his tricycle with storage batteries--probably of his own design--which reportedly could run for nine hours. Slattery died in 1892 but the vehicle must have remained in the Indiana city--this image was taken around 1910 by a Fort Wayne photographer.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
M. M. M. Slattery's Electric Tricycle, circa 1910
Marmaduke Slattery, chief electrician at the Fort Wayne Jenney Electric Light Company, had this electric tricycle built in 1889. Slattery powered his tricycle with storage batteries--probably of his own design--which reportedly could run for nine hours. Slattery died in 1892 but the vehicle must have remained in the Indiana city--this image was taken around 1910 by a Fort Wayne photographer.
- Outfit, Worn by Winifred Jones Morsches, 2008 - New York designers Tom and Linda Platt believe great clothes should be simple. The couple's timeless designs -- with streamlined silhouettes, bold details, and daring colors -- transcend trends and fashion obsolescence and are at home in small-town America or cosmopolitan city. The Platts created this outfit for their client Winifred Jones Morsches, a wealthy woman from a small Indiana town.
- 2008
- Collections - Artifact
Outfit, Worn by Winifred Jones Morsches, 2008
New York designers Tom and Linda Platt believe great clothes should be simple. The couple's timeless designs -- with streamlined silhouettes, bold details, and daring colors -- transcend trends and fashion obsolescence and are at home in small-town America or cosmopolitan city. The Platts created this outfit for their client Winifred Jones Morsches, a wealthy woman from a small Indiana town.
- Dave Friedman Collection--Photographs--Digital Images--1969 Indianapolis 500--Item 1122 - Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, and teams. Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500. The competition featured a field of 33 rear-engine vehicles -- the first time no front-engine cars qualified for the race.
- 1969
- Collections - Artifact
Dave Friedman Collection--Photographs--Digital Images--1969 Indianapolis 500--Item 1122
Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, and teams. Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500. The competition featured a field of 33 rear-engine vehicles -- the first time no front-engine cars qualified for the race.
- 1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 1559 - Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. This photo shows Al Unser at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 1967. Unser finished that year's Indianapolis 500 in second place with the Ford-powered #5 Lola car.
- May 01, 1967
- Collections - Artifact
1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 1559
Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. This photo shows Al Unser at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 1967. Unser finished that year's Indianapolis 500 in second place with the Ford-powered #5 Lola car.
- Dave Friedman Collection--Photographs--Digital Images--1969 Indianapolis 500--Item 442 - Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, and teams. Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500. The competition featured a field of 33 rear-engine vehicles -- the first time no front-engine cars qualified for the race.
- 1969
- Collections - Artifact
Dave Friedman Collection--Photographs--Digital Images--1969 Indianapolis 500--Item 442
Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, and teams. Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500. The competition featured a field of 33 rear-engine vehicles -- the first time no front-engine cars qualified for the race.
- Dave Friedman Collection--Photographs--Digital Images--1969 Indianapolis 500--Item 559 - Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, and teams. Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500. The competition featured a field of 33 rear-engine vehicles -- the first time no front-engine cars qualified for the race.
- 1969
- Collections - Artifact
Dave Friedman Collection--Photographs--Digital Images--1969 Indianapolis 500--Item 559
Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, and teams. Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500. The competition featured a field of 33 rear-engine vehicles -- the first time no front-engine cars qualified for the race.
- Dave Friedman Collection--Photographs--Digital Images--1969 Indianapolis 500--Item 690 - Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, and teams. Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500. The competition featured a field of 33 rear-engine vehicles -- the first time no front-engine cars qualified for the race.
- 1969
- Collections - Artifact
Dave Friedman Collection--Photographs--Digital Images--1969 Indianapolis 500--Item 690
Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, and teams. Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500. The competition featured a field of 33 rear-engine vehicles -- the first time no front-engine cars qualified for the race.
- 1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 1696 - Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This shot shows events surrounding the 1967 Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones dominated with the turbine-powered #40 car, but a bearing failed him with four laps to go. A.J. Foyt won with the #14 Coyote-Ford.
- May 01, 1967
- Collections - Artifact
1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 1696
Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This shot shows events surrounding the 1967 Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones dominated with the turbine-powered #40 car, but a bearing failed him with four laps to go. A.J. Foyt won with the #14 Coyote-Ford.