The Boston Public Library has an amazing amount of archive photos they are uploading to Flickr, including this stunning gallery of the early days of racing in the Boston metropolitan area. Stunning! http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_...th/7263424274/
Great stuff!
Katharine's Legge is in the gravel!--Jenks
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12-7-1941 Never, Never Forget 9-11-2001
If you are interested in the accurate stories behind some of the photos in The Leslie Jones Collection at BPL scroll to Brockton
http://s1011.photobucket.com/albums/...rts/?start=all
open the thumbnail of the 3 Brockton photos and read commentary (details) by Historian Michael Ferner.
then to Narraganset ParK 1915 and do the same
then to the one Rockingham photo (after board track had been removed)
In a different thread you can read accurate descriptions from Michael Ferner starting with post 7940
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...80814&page=397
The tragic jalopy fire at Readville has been discussed on this and other forums in the past - search 'Readville'
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
Those are some of the coolest old racing pics that I have ever seen! Great stuff!
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