[Auto races at Kentucky State Fair] – Historic Print
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Auto racing at the Kentucky State Fair is the subject here, a scene from the fairgrounds that the state fair had long made a stop for crowds in the 1930s. The record dates the photograph to about 1934 and credits Caufield & Shook of Louisville, a commercial studio known for documentary and commercial views of the city and region. Racing at county and state fairs was a popular draw during the Depression years, when cheap entertainment drew large crowds to dirt tracks and grandstands. The caption card lists the subject under auto racing, fairs and Kentucky, so the picture serves as a record of that fairground pastime.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1934. |
| Subjects | Copyright by Caufield & Shook, Louisville, Ky. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Auto racing; Fairs; Kentucky--Misc.; Shelf.; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,229 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-137273 |
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