Rudolf Caracciola after the Thousand Mile Race, 1931
| Description: |
Charlotte Caracciola greets her husband Rudolf Caracciola in his #87 Mercedes-Benz as a crowd surrounds him after his record setting win at the Thousand Mile Race across Italy. Text on the photograph roughly translates to ""The sensational Mercedes-Benz victory in Italy. About Superior won the thousand-mile race Brescia 1931 R. Carraciola on sports cars 'SSK.' New track record: 1635 km in 16 hours 10 min = 101 km hr average."" |
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| Origin: | 1931 |
| Contributor(s): |
Funding provided by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, administered by the Indiana State Library |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IMS/id/13123 |
| Collection: |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Copyright permissions granted for non-commercial use by Indianapolis Motor Speedway. |
| Subjects: |
Caracciola, Otto Wilhelm Rudolf, 1901-1959 Caracciola, Charlotte Crowds Automobiles, Racing Automobile racing drivers Italy |
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