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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: Carl Bates in his airplane. The bottom half of the card shows the beginning of a race between Bates' invention and an automobile. Bates was from Clear Lake...
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Race Car Built by Ideal Body Company

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Description: Race car number 6 sponsored by National Auto Elec. The body of the car was built by the Ideal Body Company. A man wearing a helmet and goggles is sitting i...
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Tractor Pull

Date: 08 1995
Description: "Theresa Lions 14th Annual Tractor Pull."
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Children Racing "Automobiles"

Date: 1957
Description: Small boys on cement track racing small battery-powered “automobiles” around a curve.
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Downtown Automobile Race

Date: 07 04 1911
Description: Elevated view looking towards sidewalk and street of a crowd looking at automobiles lined up for a downtown race. According to Alan Picha of the Hillsboro ...
Drawing

Automobile Race

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing depicting the first automobile race held in Wisconsin. The two vehicles each carry two men on a rural road. A handful of spectators, includ...
Photograph

Racecar

Date: 06 18 1960
Description: View from side of road towards the right side of a racecar being driven on a road. A barn on the other side of the road has a sign painted on it that reads...
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Road America Inc. Automobile Race

Date: 06 18 1960
Description: There is a man in a race car on the course in the foreground on the left. A man is standing on the road, under a banner that reads: "Pure, Elkhart Lake's R...

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