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

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

1-193-599 - National Motor Museum/Heritage Images

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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  1. Photograph

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World North and Central America United States Illinois Cook Maywood

  1. 41 52 00 N , 087 50 00 W

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5224x3619
File Size : 55,388kb


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  1. HIP166
  1. 0340000743
  1. 1-193-599
  1. 1193599
  1. 743


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