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Creation Date

Summer 6-23-1951

Identification #

OGL291-241

Description

Photograph of the six Pushmobile Derby Winners and the representatives of organizations that sponsored the derby taken from the Grand Forks Herald on July 23, 1951. Caption below the picture read:

"DIVISION WINNERS OF THE 1951 Pushmobile Derby her Sunday are shown above with their prizes after presentation ceremonies on the ramp of the Eighth avenue hill. The boys (left to right) are Glenn Knudsvig, best-built car; Bert Nelson, runner-up in the new car division; Darrell Orr, winner in the new car division; David Alger, runner-up in the main division; Roger Janssen, 1951 Champion; and Jerry Dubuque, who posted the fastest time. Representative of the sponsoring organizations are shown in the rear. Left to right, they are Gene Schwartz, Grand Forks Herald; Homer Abbott, park board; and Gene Bertsch, Veterans of Foreign Wars post 1874. (Herald Photo.)

JUL 23 1951 (Date stamp below captions)

Places Depicted

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Organizations Depicted

Grand Forks Herald, Grand Forks Park Board, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1874

People Depicted

Darrell Orr, David Alger, Roger Janssen, Jerry Dubuque, Gene Schwartz, Homer Abbott, Gene Bertsch

Rights

Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

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