Refueling the Wedell-Williams racer #25 NR 61-Y
Date1937
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 1/2 × 3 in. (11.4 × 7.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.082
DescriptionLieutenant Joe Mackey in his Wedell-Williams racer #25 NR 61-Y, taking on fuel at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the center frame, there is a left front section of a rear-parked aircraft. It is being refueled by man in a hat, standing toward the front of the aircraft. The pilot is sitting in the cockpit and wearing a leather hat and googles. The aircraft has a painted logo on the side near the cockpit which looks like a comet. Inside the "comet" are the words, "RING-FREE COMET"Handwriting on the top of the photograph reads, "Lieut. Joe Mackey 1935."
Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Comet 1937."
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April 1985