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Racecars lined up for start of race, 1911 Fairmount Park races
View of racecars lined up for start of race during the 1911 Fairmount Park races in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Start-Finish" banner is suspended over course; scoreboard platform in background; spectators watch from both sides of road. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Races and racing--Fairmount Park races, 1911.", Negative #C13,026
Racecars lined up for start of race, 1911 Fairmount Park races
View of racecars lined up for start of race during the 1911 Fairmount Park races in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Start-Finish" banner is suspended over course; scoreboard platform in background; spectators watch from both sides of road. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Start. Races and racing--Fairmount Park races, 1911.", Negative #C13,050
Racecars lined up for start of race, 1911 Fairmount Park races
View of racecars lined up for start of race during the 1911 Fairmount Park races in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Officials gather in road; spectators watch from stands in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Races and racing--Fairmount Park races, 1911.", Negative #C13,031
Racecars lined up for start of race, 1911 Fairmount Park races
View of racecars no. 2, no. 3, no. 5 and no. 7 lined up for start of race during the 1911 Fairmount Park races in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Officials gather in road; scoreboard in background. Handwritten on back: "#2 National, driven by Len Zengle, #3 Lozier, driven by Ralph Mulford, #5 Mercer, driven by Ralph De Palma, #7 Case, driven by Joe Jagersberger. Races and racing--Fairmount Park races, 1911.", Negative #C661
Racecars lined up for start of the Elgin National Trophy race, 1911 Elgin National Stock Chassis races
View of car no. 1 and car no. 2, followed by other cars, lined up for the start of the Elgin National Trophy race during the 1911 Elgin National Stock Chassis races in Illinois. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Lineup for start of the Elgin National Trophy race."
Racecars lined up for start of the Illinois Trophy race, 1911 Elgin National Stock Chassis races
View of cars lined up for the start of the Illinois Trophy race during the 1911 Elgin National Stock Chassis races in Illinois. Pit crews on left; judges' stand on right. "Start and finish" banner suspended over racetrack. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Cars lined up for start, Illinois Trophy race."
Racecars lined up in road, 1909 Crown Point races
View of racecars lined up in road during the 1909 Crown Point races in Indiana. Soldiers stand on both sides of road; pedestrian bridge in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Stretch, cars [undecipherable], general view of military, Crown Point. Races and racing--Crown Point races, 1909.", Negative #C12,416
Racecars lined up on road, 1909 Crown Point races
View of racecars lined up on road during the 1909 Crown Point races in Indiana. Officials gather around cars; signs advertising Maxwell cars and Stromberg carburetors displayed on roadside. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Races and racing--Crown Point races, 1909.", Negative #C12,399
Racecars lined up on roadside, 1908 Grand Prize races
View of racecars lined up on roadside during the 1908 Grand Prize races in Savannah, Georgia. Group of men stands around cars in center; railroad cars in background. Handwritten on back: "Races and racing--Grand Prize races, 1908.", Negative #C13,537
Racecars lined up on side of track, 1910 Grand Prize races
View of officials, drivers and mechanics with racecars lined up on side of track during the 1910 Grand Prize races in Savannah, Georgia. Some spectators in grandstand. Printed on front: "Spooner, Wells." Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Races and racing--Grand Prize races, 1910.", Negative #C13,310

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