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[Automobile racing on curved wood track, probably in or near Washington, D.C., with flag man in foreground] – Historic Reproduction

[Automobile racing on curved wood track, probably in or near Washington, D.C., with flag man in foreground], [ca. 1922] — historic photograph
[Automobile racing on curved wood track, probably in or near Washington, D.C., with flag man in foreground], [ca. 1922]. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(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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A window into the past: [Automobile racing on curved wood track, probably in or near Washington, D.C., with flag man in foreground], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Automobile racing on curved wood track, probably in or near Washington, D.C., with flag man in foreground]

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A flagman stands in the foreground while race cars take the banked curve of a wooden track, a setting the catalog places probably in or near Washington, D.C., around 1922. Board tracks like this one were built in the 1910s and early 1920s for speed. Their steeply banked, tightly jointed planks could make for fast laps but also dangerous conditions, and many were torn down within a few years. The National Photo Company, which documented Washington life for newspapers and publications, made the photograph, so it captures how the sport looked to the public of its day.

Created / published[ca. 1922]
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePhotographic. prints 1920-1930.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsAutomobile racing--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168403

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