Old Orchard Beach - July 1912 Harry Grant in his personal transportation car an ALCO 1912

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Mystery Friday Foto #36 Solved: Harry Grant in an Alco at the 1912 Old Orchard Beach Meet in Maine.

Identify:

 

The driver

Harry Grant, winner of the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races.

 

The manufacturer and model of the automobile and its manufacturing location

Grant is driving his own Alco built in Providence, Rhode Island. Rationale: The Alco logo on the wheel and the license plate#7815. Note the Mystery Foto is misidentified in the Maine Historical Society's website as a 1911 Locomobile.

 

During the 5-mile event in the Old Orchard Beach Meet held on July 4, 1912, Grant won the 5-mile event in a Berkshire owned by Stuart H. Clapp, a co-owner of the company. The Berkshire was manufactured in Pittsfield, Massachusetts,

 

The race event, date and its location

Old Orchard Beach Meet held from July 4-6, 1912 in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

 

Comments (3)

 

Congrats to David Miller, Steve Lucas and Ariejan Bos for identifying Harry Grant.

 

Kudos to the amazing Ariejan Bos for recognizing the chain-driven Alco. Was it a modified Black Beast as suggested by Ariejan?

 

Enjoy,

 

Howard Kroplick

 

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Done