Tag: Matheson
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Mystery Foto #95 Solved: Louis Chevrolet and Joe Nelson Preparing for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto was courtesy of the Detroit Public Library Digital Collections.
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Louis Chevrolet, Joe Tracy and the 1908 Matheson Team
The Matheson Automobile Company of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania made a strong effort to win the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. They hired Louis Chevrolet as one of the drivers for their two entrants and selected retired veteran driver Joe Tracy as their team manager.
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…