Mystery Friday Foto #42 Solved: 1949 AACA Racing Camp dinner featuring Vanderbilt Cup Race drivers
Did you identify the famous faces in this Helck Family Collection's Mystery Fotos?
Answersthe Mystery Foto questions:
Identify the following;
- Identify as many individuals seated at the table. Hint: There is a clue in the photo.
Identified: George Robertson, Peter Helck Joe Tracy, Al Poole, Glenn Ethridge, Montague Roberts
Unidentified but likely in the photo: Joe Parkin, Willie Haupt and Len Zengel
- The dinner event and location
1949 Philadelphia & National Automobile Auto Show presented by the Philadelphia Automobile trade Association and the AACA.
- The approximate date of the event
June 18, 1949
Comments (1)
Congrats and kudos to Steve Lucas who made the only attempt to solve this difficult Mystery Foto.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
The hint in the Mystery Foto was the poster in the background:
Racing Camp
Robertson
Tracy
Ethridge
Mulford
Zengel
Poole
Roberts
Haupt
Parkin
A. View looking North/East
Left row (left corner): George Robertson
Right row (top right): Glenn Ethridge, unknown, Joe Tracy, Peter Helck, Al Poole, unknown, unknown, unknown
B. View looking East
Left row (right to left): Glenn Ethridge, unknown, Joe Tracy, Peter Helck, Al Poole, unknown, unknown, unknown
C. View looking South
Left row (left to right): Joe Tracy, unknown, Glenn Ethridge
Right row (left to right): George Robertson, unknown, Montague Roberts, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown
Telegram inviting Peter Helck to the dinner fr4om Robert C Laurens
Peter Helck's notes on the Mystery Foto
1949 AACA Program. Courtesy of Art Kleiner.
"Old 16 has survived the years, and happily, her crews also. Joe Tracy and Al Poole of 1906 and George Robertson and Glen Ethridge of 1908, will attend this present exhibition."
Comments
I think the event may have been the dinner given by the Antique Automobile Club in Philadelphia in 1951. Among the guests at the table, I think I see George Robertson, Joe Tracy, Glen Ethridge, Al Poole, Ralph DePalma, Ralph Mulford, and Montague Roberts.