Banking motor parkway course for race – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Banking motor parkway course for race, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Banking motor parkway course for race
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The title points to a banked curve on a motor parkway, which sets this view apart from the many early automobile race photographs in the Bain collection. The phrase most likely refers to the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway on Long Island, a private toll road for automobiles that opened in 1908 and included a banked track for racing and speed trials. Banking let drivers hold high speeds through turns, which made such courses a draw for both racers and spectators. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption information supplied by the Bain News Service that has not been independently verified, so the scene is best read as an early racing venue of the pre-World War I automobile era.
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,816 × 4,241 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9704 |
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