1910 Marmon Wasp Race Car First Indianapolis Indy 500 Winner RPPC Photo

Item Details

Identified reverse 6 cylinder wasp. // Taken at Memphis Tenn. // J.C.D. July 18, 1910 w/ Indy postmark.

 

Marmon Motor Co. of Indianapolis was speculating on the inaugural 1911 race, at the time of this photograph the famous Brickyard was still being laid & the official announcement a few months off.

 

Important historic record deserving of expert research to identify that driver and or sender & Memphis connection.

 

Light soiling w/ fleck of emulsion loss bottom left & corner stub top right.