The Man
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Barney's portrait on display at the Motorsports Hall of Fame in Novi, Mich.
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This autographed portrait was purchased on eBay in 2003. Barney's portrait below and its companion of his wife, Bessie, are both photographic prints enhanced and colorized by an artist. They are owned by Wayne Carroll Petersen, Barney's great-great-nephew, as is the Barney baby picture.
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Dec. 28, 1940: Barney pays his gas bill.
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Barney was married to, divorced from and married again to Rebecca (Bess), above. Below, they apply for a license to remarry in Los Angeles in 1945.
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Buttner caricature.
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Photo courtesy of Wayne Carroll Petersen
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A San Francisco Examiner photo from 1946, the year Barney died.
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The Automotive Hall of Fame, Dearborn, Michigan
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Barney was inducted into the hall in 1968.
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Wayne Carroll Petersen, Barney's great-great nephew, at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich.
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