ralphdepalma

5 photos tagged ralphdepalma, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos taken?

3
1910
2010

 

Where were these photos tagged?

None of these photos are geotagged.

Tags that often appear on the same photos:

Members using this tag

Photos

Photos tagged ralphdepalma:

Loading photos…

See more on flickr.com →

Recent uploads

The last upload was October 2010.

Conversations

Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos:

Mercedes (De Palma) coming through Vanderbilt Race (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Ralph de Palma (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Nathan Adams said:
    Depalma & his mechanic led the 1912 Indy 500 for 196 of it's 200 laps. Their Mercedes cracked a piston on the fourth turn of the final lap. They jumped out of the car & pushed it across the finish line. However, they lost the race to Joe Dawson. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_Indianapolis_500 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks for this information. We'll add a note to the source catalog.
  • Wystan said:
    Other Bain/LOC photos of Ralph de Palma:

Mercedes Racer (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Wystan said:
    In 1913, Ralph De Palma won the Vanderbilt Cup Race on Long Island, driving a Mercedes on a set of Braender tires, which lasted the entire 500 miles without a tire change. So, is this DePalma? Might be -- and maybe he was planning to repeat his feat now, in 1914? Braender Bulldog tires were manufactured by a company in East Rutherford, New Jersey, that had been founded in 1912 by Philip Braender, a German immigrant. (When Braender died in 1916, he left a million bucks to his wife and children. The tire company continued on into the 1920s.) technogeo points out that this photo was taken by an Indianapolis studio -- so, presumably in Indianapolis. De Palma won the Indy 500 race in 1915 (and nearly won in 1912) driving a Mercedes racer. He won other races elsewhere as well, in Mercedes. His Wikipedia bio includes a photo of him with his riding mechanic, Tom Alley, in his 1912 Indy car. It probably was this one -- which is now an exhibit in the Indy hall of fame museum.
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_De_Palma en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Braender
  • aware health said:
    Notice the chain drive mechanism under the driver...
  • Scott Kraft said:
    cool :)
  • technogeo said:
    White/light grey tires with smooth treads!

De Palma in Mercedes wins Vanderbilt Cup Race 1914 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress