Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Flag, Signal |
Catalog Number |
2003.58.6 |
Date |
1975 |
Material(s) |
Cotton/Wood/Metal |
Dimensions |
H-24 W-23 inches |
Description |
This is a checkered signal flag from the 1975 Soap Box Derby. It is a black and white checkered flag with a wooden dowel used as a handle. The flag is attached to dowel with metal tacks. |
Notes |
This is the checkered flag that was used in the final race for the Northern Kentucky championship in 1975. The flag was given to winner Lisa Luthy. At age 15, Lisa Luthy of Campbell County became the first young woman in Kentucky to win a regional championship in the Soap Box Derby, from the Northern Kentucky-Greater Cincinnati region. In August 1975, Luthy competed in the national competition in Akron, OH, winning her first heat but losing in the second round. Luthy began racing in the derby in 1972 in cars built by her father, James Luthy. The Soap Box Derby, a race for gravity powered cars, began in 1934. |
Collection |
James Luthy Collection |
People |
Luthy, Lisa |
Subjects |
Sports Sports equipment Athletes Car racing Soap box derby racers Racing |
Search Terms |
Female Athletes Campbell County (Ky.) Kentucky Cincinnati (Ohio) Ohio |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |