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This black and white photograph shows one of the three Buick cars used during the 300-mile race over the new Santa Fe Trail in front of the Kansas City Star newspaper office. The three automobiles left the Hutchinson News office at 5:01 a.m., arriving at the Kansas City Star office at 4:24 p.m. proving a 300-mile automobile trip could be made on Kansas dirt highways in twelve hours. The only stop during the race was for lunch in Emporia, Kansas. Seated in the Buick are the following individuals from left to right: M.P. Newton, O.M. Wilhite, Ralph Faxton, in the middle, Kansas Governor George H. Hodges, and Fred Trigg.
Creator: Moore Studio
Date: May 26, 1913
Item Number: 212732
Call Number: HE.97 BUI.1913c *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212732
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper - Hutchinson News
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper - Kansas City Star
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Auto racing (including drag races)
Date - 1910s - 1913
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Hodges, George Hartshorn
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Hodges, George H. (George Hartshorn), 1866-1947
Transportation - Automobiles - Production - Buick
Type of Material - Photographs
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