J.H. Wade, Jr.

The June 5, 1909 national championship balloon race hosted by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway had a field packed with talented competitors. This image is of J.H. Wade, Jr. who assisted pilot A.H. Morgan in the Cleveland balloon. This image appeared in the June 4, 1909 Indianapolis News with photos of other pilots and their assistants. This image appeared in the June 4, 1909 Indianapolis News with photos of other pilots and their assistants. Below are links to those photos as well as others of the competitors that were published in the Indianapolis Star the same day.
 

• A.H. Morgan (Star)
• A.H. Morgan (News)
• Dr. D.H. Thompson (Star)
• W.E. Mast (Star)
• J.H. Wade, Jr. (Star)
• J.H. Wade, Jr. (News)
• Captain Thomas Baldwin (Star)
• Charles Walsh (News)
• Clifford Harmon (News)
• H.E. Honeywell (News)
• Albert Bond Lambert (News)
• Paul McCullough (News)
• George Bumbaugh (News)
• A. Holland Forbes (Star)
• A. Holland Forbes (News)
• John Berry (News)

Check out this other image of Wade elsewhere on First Super Speedway.