Bob Burman's car after accident - Indianapolis – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Bob Burman's car after accident - Indianapolis in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bob Burman's car after accident - Indianapolis
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A photograph of a wrecked car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a track that opened in 1909, shows the danger that race drivers faced in the early years of American motor racing. Bob Burman was one of the best-known American drivers of the 1910s, admired for speed at tracks across the country and for taking big risks behind the wheel. He died in 1916 after a crash during a race in Corona, California. The Bain News Service, a New York picture agency, produced and captioned news pictures like this one, though the record does not give a date or the circumstances of this particular wreck.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,785 × 4,229 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11680 |
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