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[Winton driving his automobile on racetrack] – Historic Reproduction

[Winton driving his automobile on racetrack], c1901. — historic photograph
[Winton driving his automobile on racetrack], c1901.. 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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[Winton driving his automobile on racetrack] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Alexander Winton, the Scottish-born bicycle builder who founded the Winton Motor Carriage Company in Cleveland, is the man at the wheel here, shown driving his automobile on a racetrack around 1901. Early automobile makers relied on racing to prove their cars' speed and endurance to a skeptical public, and Winton was among the most visible competitors of the period. The open cars, exposed seating, and rough, unpaved or cinder-surfaced tracks of the era make this a useful glimpse of how dangerous and experimental motor sport was before paved speedways existed.

Created / publishedc1901.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsAutomobile racing--1900-1910. Automobiles--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 983 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161192

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