Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2001.861.0016Description
Old black and white photo of semi-formal dinner "before WWI". Photo of 32 men in suits seated around a long table with white table cloth and dishes. Beer steins also noted on the table. Large American flag hung on the wall at the end of the room. Stars and stripes bunting draped across the ceiling, Written on photo "Seated left to right is Jim Rendle, Jim Clause, Will Reid, Dr. Barber, Kleber Hadsell, Elias Mosher, Dr. Thode, ? Hildebrand, Emil Krueger, ? Krueger. Standing head of the table is N.A. Greenfield, Judge Merril (sic) Merrell. Seated to Judge Merril's (sic) Merrell right, are the two around the world motorists (Germans). Seated is Charles Miller. Standing back of Mr. Miller is Mr. Knight.... Standing left to right is Fred Kelly, George Coren, Will Irving, Murchison (this may be Henry Murchison), Bob Junquist, Leland Smiley, W.W. Daley and Norman Miller." Photo is in good condition and is mounted on stiff black cardboard.
Update 2009: Black and white print mounted on black matboard. Dinner honoring American Car race of 1908. Group of men seated and standing on either side of dining table. American flag hung on wall behind table. Streamers above table. Stars and stripes. Light poles wrapped in colored streamers. Men dressed in suits and ties.
Written on back "Seated left to right is Jim Rendle, Jim Clause, Will Ried, Dr. Barber, Kleber Hadsell, Elias Mosher, Dr. Thode, ? Hildebrand, Emil Krueger, ? Krueger. Standing head of the table is N.A. Greenfield, Judge Merril {sic} Merrell. Seated to Judge Merril's {sic} Merrell, right are the two around the world motorists (Germans). {note: their names are Hans Keoppen, a 1st Lt. In the German Army, and Owen W. Snyder (Shnieder) who drove the Protos}. Seated is Charles Miller. Standing back of Mr. Miller is Mr. Knight.... Standing left to right is Fred Kelly, George Coren, Will Irving, Murchison, Bob Junquist, Leland Smiley, W.W. Daley and Norman Miller."Collection
Photograph Collection