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Ped cycles during a race

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Marvin D. Boland Collection SPEEDWAY-081   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Marvin Dement Boland  (1873–1950)  wikidata:Q21714431
 
Alternative names
Marvin Boland
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1873 Edit this at Wikidata December 1950 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Tuscaloosa Bremerton
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q21714431
Title
Marvin D. Boland Collection SPEEDWAY-081
Description
English: In September of 1914, racing fever over miniature racers and their junior drivers took Tacoma by storm. The "cycle cars" were in town for Labor Day races scheduled at the Tacoma Speedway. Most of the cars and drivers were from California, although Tacoma boys Joe Rovegno, Clarence Healy, Phil "Babe" Sullivan and "Swift" were scheduled to race. All the boys were feted by Tacomans and felt that the city "sure did treat a fellow fine." Six of the cars and drivers are pictured on A Street. At the left rear is the Park Hotel, at 802 A St. The building at the front left may be the J.F. Hickey Motor CarCo., at 812-14 A St., and a Seattle-Tacoma interurban car provides the background. In the front row are: (l to r) veteran junior driver Mott Haynes in his Mercer and novice driver Walter Gossman in his Red Devil. In the center are Homer Loudenclos, in either the Peugeot or the Hudson he designed, and Al Bruce in his National. In the rear are an unidentified car and Shirley Williams in a Theim. The cars were designed and built, in most cases, by the drivers themselves. They were in some cases backed by the motor companies whose names they carried. It was common for companies to bankrollrace cars as advertising.
Depicted people Mott Haynes; Walter Gossman; Homer Loudenclos; Al Bruce; Shirley Williams
Depicted place Tacoma A-Street
Date circa September 1914
date QS:P571,+1914-09-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Medium black and white photograph
institution QS:P195,Q7674007
Current location
Northwest Room - Marvin D. Boland Collection
Accession number
71\30959.jpg
Source http://cdm17061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17061coll21/id/26864
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The author died in 1950, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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current06:59, 4 December 2018Thumbnail for version as of 06:59, 4 December 20182,037 × 1,442 (370 KB)Hedwig in Washington (talk | contribs){{Photograph |photographer = {{Creator:Marvin Dement Boland}} |title = Marvin D. Boland Collection SPEEDWAY-081 |description = {{en|1=In September of 1914, racing fever over miniature racers and their junior drivers took Tacoma by storm. The "cycle cars" were in town for Labor Day races scheduled at the Tacoma Speedway. Most of the cars and drivers were from California, although Tacoma boys Joe Rovegno, Clarence Healy, Phil "Babe" Sullivan and "Swift" were schedu...