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Motorbikes racing at Speedway Park, Maywood, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1915. Artist: Unknown

Motorbikes racing at Speedway Park, Maywood, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1915. Speedway Park was a two-mile oval outdoor wooden board racing circuit which hosted motorcycle and car racing events between 1915 and around 1917, when the site was developed into a hospital for convalescing soldiers returning from WWI. Some events attracted crowds of 150,000.

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Motorbikes racing at Speedway Park, Maywood, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1915. Artist: Unknown

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Motorbikes racing at Speedway Park, Maywood, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1915. Speedway Park was a two-mile oval outdoor wooden board racing circuit which hosted motorcycle and car racing events between 1915 and around 1917, when the site was developed into a hospital for convalescing soldiers returning from WWI. Some events attracted crowds of 150,000.

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Album / National Motor Museum / Heritage Images

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5224 x 3619 px | 54.1 MB

Print size:

44.2 x 30.6 cm | 17.4 x 12.1 in (300 dpi)

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