Token, Commemorative

Object/Artifact

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Antique Boat Museum

Name/Title

Token, Commemorative

Entry/Object ID

2008.027.1

Description

An original Aero-3-A Champion spark plug from one of Miss America X's four Packard engines removed after each completed heat of the 1932 Harmsworth Trophy Race. Gar Wood had the plugs cleaned and plated so that he could present them to his close friends as special souvenirs of his historic victory.

Collection

Memorabilia

Acquisition

Accession

2008.027

Source or Donor

Anthony Mollica Jr.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1932

Location

Room

Small Artifact Storage

Building

*Elizabeth & Bolling Haxall Building