1915 Indy 500 Celebrities

 

This page from the June 1915 issue of Motor featured an Indy 500 version of the social page showing off some of the important faces in attendance. Sizing presented a bit of a problem and the resolution of the original scan made reading a bit of a challenge, so here are the captions (as best I could interpret them) isolated with their respective images.



Above, left to right: Mrs. A. G. Batchelder of New York, wife of the chairman of the executive board of the American Automobile Association; Miss Ruth Ralston; Mrs. S. M. Ralston, wife of Governor Ralston of Indiana; Mrs. Homer L. Cook, and Mrs. Katherine Kidder of Terre Haute Ind.



Above: Carl G. Fisher, Henry Ford and H. O. Smith talking things over after the race.

 

 

Above: Mrs. Henry F. Campbell, wife of the treasurer of the Stutz Motor Car Co.



Above, left to right: Mrs. Mark Thistlehwaite, A. G. Batchelder and Mrs. Batchelder. In rear: Mark Thistlehwaite, secretary to Vice-President Marshall, U. S. A.



Left to right: Miss Mary O’Brien, of Louisville; Mrs. John Irwin, of Chicago; Mrs. L. C. Frady, of Chicago; Mrs. John Darmody, Mrs. J. J. Cole and Mrs. H. C. Lathrop of Indianapolis, and Mrs. B. W. Bishop of Brooklyn. In rear: J. F. Trsynor (?), C. P. Henderson, Earl Richardson, and B. W. Bishop.

We’re all familiar with Henry Ford and some may even know that Mark Thistlehwaite was secretary to the US Vice President and former Indiana Governor Thomas Marshall, but the majority of the importance of the others in these photos have mostly been lost to time. Nothing catchy or coy to say about them really, in a way they’re reminders of the fleeting nature of our accomplishments. One day we’ll all be fading photos in some photo archive, and the race will go on.