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Auto Race at the State Fairgrounds
October 1912
A solitary open car races past the grandstands at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
Cars on Racetrack
1912
Early twentieth-century race cars lined up for the beginning of a race. heavy smoke is behind the cars. The grandstand on the left is filled with spectators.
Race Day
A long row of cars is lined up across the track on display. On the left side is the "Blitzen Benz". A grandstand is in the background.
Airplane Coverage of the Milwaukee Grand Prize Race
October 5, 1912
Photojournalist Fred Wagner covered the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize automobile race (later called the American Grand Prix) from Farnum Fish's airplane. The airplane is seen here flying over the race...
Vanderbilt Cup Race
October 2, 1912
Race cars on a country road, with car #29 off the road and missing its driver. The #27 car is just about to pass, with a dust trail behind it. Spectators are along both sides of the road.
Grand Prize
October 5, 1912
Bob Burman, left, leans on a #31 Benz race car. Caleb Bragg, winner of Grand Prize Race in 1912, on road course in Wauwatosa, faces the camera. The other two men are unidentified. An observation ar...
