File:Ray Ritters in cycle car at Tacoma Speedway in 1914 Boland SPEEDWAY083.jpg

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Marvin D. Boland Collection SPEEDWAY 083   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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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
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creator QS:P170,Q21714431
Title
Marvin D. Boland Collection SPEEDWAY 083
Description
English: Ray Ritters of los angeles poses in his cycle car, #2, a velie, at the tacoma speedway. The velie autos and trucks were manufactured by velie motors corp. of moline, ill., from 1902-1928. In september of 1914, the small race cars and their junior drivers took tacoma by storm. Each day the newspapers were filled with stories about the boys who, for the most part, designed and built, as well as raced, their own cars. The cars were usually powered by motorcycle engines and could travel at 35-50 mph. Ritters had raced many times in The south, but had never finished in the money. He arrived early in tacoma and rebuilt his car here, making many changes, including mounting the engine on the side. He never got to show off his improved vehicle in tacoma, both the labor day race and the rescheduled race were called due to rain. (T. Tribune 9/13/1914, pg. 2B, plus preceding dates in sept. 1914)
Depicted people Ray Ritters
Depicted place Tacoma Speedway
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
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72\30960.jpg
Source http://cdm17061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17061coll21/id/27233
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current09:01, 4 December 2018Thumbnail for version as of 09:01, 4 December 20182,039 × 1,445 (293 KB)Hedwig in Washington (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |photographer = {{Creator:Marvin Dement Boland}} |title = Marvin D. Boland Collection SPEEDWAY 083 |description = {{en|1=Ray Ritters of los angeles poses in his cycle car, #2, a velie, at the tacoma speedway. The velie autos and trucks were manufactured by velie motors corp. of moline, ill., from 1902-1928. In september of 1914, the small race cars and their junior drivers took tacoma by storm. Each day the newspapers were fille...