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Awaiting the Arrival of Charles Lindbergh

Date: 1928
Description: View from stands of crowd gathered for the arrival of Charles Lindbergh and his famed airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis".
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Los Angeles Air Meet

Date: 01 1910
Description: The grandstand at the Los Angeles Aviation Meet, the first international aviation event held in the United States. The plane on the ground near the center ...
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The Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of crowds milling around attractions on a sunny day at the Sauk County Fair. Sideshows and concessions are on the left, and an oval dirt raci...
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People at Racetrack

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Description: Racetrack crowded with people.
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Two Men Racing Horses on Racetrack

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Description: Elevated view from grandstand of one sulky driver and horse leading another in a race. The judges booth is on the other side of the track near a tall tree.
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Men Racing Horses on Racetrack

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Description: Racehorses and jockeys rounding the bend in the racetrack. In the background is the grandstand on the left, and the judges booth in the center near a tall ...
Postcard

Crowd at Sporting Event

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Description: View from track towards a crowd of men, women, and children in front of and behind a fence at a sporting event. On the left, a man who is possibly a police...
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Paddock at Arlington Park

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Description: Jockeys exercise their horses in the paddock at Arlington Park while spectators look on. The elevated view shows a crowded parking lot at right. Arlington ...
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Horse Racing at Lima Driving Park

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Description: Elevated view of racing trotters lined up on the track at Lima Driving Park as spectators look on from the grandstand. Automobiles are parked near the judg...
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Racing Cars at Cornell University

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Description: Cars gather on a track near the judge's stand during an automobile race at Cornell University while spectators watch from the sidelines. Cornell University...
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Harness Racing

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Description: Elevated view of four men and their horses harness racing down a road, with crowds of spectators on the sides, during a county fair in southwestern Wiscons...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Elevated view of spectators in the grandstands at Derby Downs watching three racers participate in the All-American Soap Box Derby.
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Car and Buggy Races at the Fair

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Description: View from the inner track of a car and buggy race at a local fair. Crowds sit in the covered grandstand and a band sits at the ready on the sidelines. A Fe...
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Harness Racing at a Wisconsin Fair

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Description: View from the inner track of harness racing at a local fair. The horses and their drivers can be seen racing around a tree-lined curve in the track and pas...
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Ski Jump Competition

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Description: A man jumps off a ski ramp as many spectators look on.
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Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine

Date: 09 11 1955
Description: Many priests and altar boys in robes attend a pontifical 'field Mass' at Breese Stevens Field. The Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doc...
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Racine Velodrome

Date: 1897
Description: Aerial view drawing of a velodrome with racers on the oval track and stands full of spectators. Signage on the outer wall indicates that it is the Racine A...
Magazine or Periodical

Bicycle Race

Date: 09 1886
Description: Engraved image of a drawing by Henry Sandham showing six bicycle racers on a track with a large crowd of spectators in the stands and along the side of the...
Photograph

Baseball Game on Kwajalein Island

Date: 02 22 1945
Description: An exhibition baseball game on a Naval Base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Both teams had Big League players drawn from ...
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Crash Landing

Date: 1915
Description: Ski jumper crash lands into the snow below the jump.

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