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| Title | Men looking at supercharged engine on dragster, Kent, 1966 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1966 |
| Caption | Four of the auto racers in this photo have been identified: Jerry Ruth, known for some time as "The King, " on the far right with hands outstretched; A.R. Kielland on the far left; David Weiss second from the left; and Jerry Verhuel next to the far right. These men raced at Pacific Raceways, and Verhuel later had a successful career in unlimited hydropalne racing. The man wearing a black shirt with a white t-shirt underneath is Tommy Ivo, a famous drag racer and actor. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: AUTOS, Racing, Pacific Raceways, KJR Spectacular.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 10, 1966. |
| Subjects | Automobiles--Washington (State)--Kent; Engines--Washington (State)--Kent |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Kent |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.528.4 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 35 mm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
