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Same-day report of the very first Indianapolis 500...
Same-day report of the very first Indianapolis 500...
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May 30, 1911
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, May 30, 1911 The top of the front page has a great report on what was the very first Indianapolis 500 rage, with headlines: "BIGGEST AUTO RACE IN HISTORY IS ON IN INDIANAPOLIS" "Forty Cars Enter Event" with smaller subheads including: "One Mechanician Killed and Driver Fatally Injured in First Hour! - Crowd of 85,000 People Present at Speedway...Contest Is Over Distance of 500 Miles..." and a bit more.
Other reports we have found of this signal event have typically been relegated to inside pages and less details. This is a fine account.
Complete in ten pages, library stamp in the masthead, binding indents at the blank spine, in very nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
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