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Object Name
Button
Object Number
2019-87-7
Description
Round metal button with pin and catch on reverse. Paper front with blue background and white lettering, "GRAND PRIX OF THE UNITED STATES/OFFICIAL/KENDALL/WATKINS GLEN, N.Y./1961." Rectangular cutout in paper front, showing paper insert with black lettering, "LYNNE TEMPLETON/TIMER AND SCORER." Silver metal reverse with openings for paper insert.
Provenance
Transferred from the Lynne Templeton Brickley Papers, LHS Archives, 2019-87-0. Originally included with scrapbook #1.
Comment
From the 1961 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix (automobile racing). Kendall Motor Oil was the official motor oil sponsor of Watkins Glen.
Date Made
1961
Dimensions
Overall diameter 3.5"
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