Sheepshead Bay motor track, New York, 1915 – Historic Photograph 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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Step back in time with Sheepshead Bay motor track, New York, 1915, a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Panorama view, Sheepshead Bay motor board track showing mammoth grandstand
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Sheepshead Bay motor track, New York, 1915
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Sheepshead Bay, on the southern edge of Brooklyn, was a fishing harbor and summer resort that had become part of New York City when the five boroughs were consolidated in 1898. In 1915 the Sheepshead Bay Speedway opened there as a banked board oval of about two miles, built for automobile and motorcycle racing at a time when the automobile was turning into a mass pastime. Brooklyn held more than a million residents, and the nearby beaches, hotels, and rail lines drew crowds from across the city to the bay. Local families who had known the district for its boats and seafood now found it a destination for speed contests, and the track quickly became one of the best-known racing venues in the New York area.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Creator | underwood & underwood |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 970 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panorama view, Sheepshead Bay motor board track showing mammoth grandstand |
| Reference | NY Sheepshead Bay motor track 1915 |
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