Joe Gee with Motorcycle Trophy

Description:

Text on back of photo reads: "Joe Gee, Columbus, Ohio, winner of the 1951 National Jack Pine Endurance Run with the Jack Pine Trophy and the Jack Pine Cow Bell." The 25th annual Jack Pine 507-mile motorcycle race was sponsored by the State Journal over Labor Day weekend in 1951. The course went from Lansing to West Branch and back over Northern Michigan's rough jack pine plains and hills. No. 278 Joe Gee of Columbus, Ohio, won the trophy and symbolic cowbell with his Triumph motorcycle.

Data Provider:

Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives

Collection:

Caterino Photograph Collection

Subject Topic:

Lansing (Mich.), Transportation, Men, Motorcycles, and Awards

Language:

English

Rights:

Copyright Not Evaluated

URL:

http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/48551689-66FE-43B3-A098-845347506018