Photographs of the Mount Druitt Motor Racing Circuit, ca. 1952
Photographs of the Mount Druitt Motor Racing Circuit, ca. 1952
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1952
Call Numbers
PXB 1725
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
16 photographs - 9 x 14 cm. - gelatin silver
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
16 photographic prints, by an unknown photographer, showing car races at the Mount Druitt Motor Racing Circuit. There are seven photographs annotated in ink 'Mt Druitt 30.11.52', with the driver’s surname and the model of car depicted. This date marks the first meeting at Mount Druitt when the length of the track had increased to 2 1/4 miles.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs of the Mount Druitt Motor Racing Circuit, ca. 1952
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Some images are inscribed with place, date, name of car and name of driver.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, August 2018
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1948, the Australian Sporting Car Club obtained a disused World War II airfield at Mount Druitt, located 38 kilometres west of Sydney. The original circuit only used the landing strip but in 1952 the race track was extended into an adjoining piece of land which increased the length of the track to 2 1/4 miles. 1952 also saw control of the circui...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 1725
Record Identifier
YRlB2Vdn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlB2Vdn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9612054
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