Tollgate, Automobile Race 3
Automobiles
Driving, Automobile
Hills
Men
Races
Rice, R. P.
Smith, A. C. Tuttle
"Aug. 12, 1911 - The Ford automobile, driven by R.P. Rice of Seattle, winning the hill-climbing contest race between it and a Franklin, driven by A.C. Smith of Walla Walla, purse $2,000. The race started at the bottom of Vonderahe Hill and finished at Tollgate, 17 miles up the hill. It took 35 min. for the Ford, just 2 min. 40 sec. better than the Franklin."
Anonymous
8/12/1911
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2010.15.00446
Tollgate, Automobile Race 2
Automobiles
Driving, Automobile
Hills
Men
Races
Rice, R. P.
Smith, A. C.
"Aug. 12, 1911 - The Franklin automobile driven by A.C. Smith [with Tuttle] of Walla Walla in an auto race between a Ford and a Franklin, purse $2,000. The race started at the bottom of Vonderahe Hill and finished at Tollgate, 17 miles up the hill. It took 35 min. for the Ford driven by R.P. Rice of Seattle, just 2 min. 40 sec. better than the Franklin."
Anonymous
8/12/1911
(c)Eastern Oregon University. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Acknowledgement of Eastern Oregon University as a source is required. For print quality images, prints, or high resolution tiff files, or commercial uses please contact the Library Director at Eastern Oregon University.
2010.15.00437
Tollgate, Automobile Race 1
Automobiles
Driving, Automobile
Hills
Men
Races
Rice, R. P.
Smith, A. C.
"Aug. 12, 1911 - The Ford automobile driven by R.P. Rice of Seattle in an auto race between a Ford and a Franklin, purse $2,000. The race started at the bottom of Vonderahe Hill and finished at Tollgate, 17 miles up the hill. It took 35 min. for the Ford, just 2 min. 40 sec. better than the Franklin which was driven by A.C. Smith of Walla Walla."
Anonymous
8/12/1911
(c)Eastern Oregon University. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Acknowledgement of Eastern Oregon University as a source is required. For print quality images, prints, or high resolution tiff files, or commercial uses please contact the Library Director at Eastern Oregon University.
2010.15.00436