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Crowd watching a stunt driving demonstration

 

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Title:
Crowd watching a stunt driving demonstration
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0001_00016_015.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3df6k36j
Type:
Image
Caption:
"Barney Oldfield and his 'Hell Drivers' in their thrilling feats of driving skill and daring provided the big moment for thousands of Chicago's school children who attended A Century of Progress Thursday. Here is a section of the crowd that watched the veteran driver spin around the quarter-mile oval Chrysler Motors' track."

Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Automobile racing
Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Grandstands

Photographer:
Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:
Photographs
Color:
Black and white
Extent:
7.5 x 9.5 in.

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
1
Folder:
16
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements


Acknowledgements
Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.


Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)