Racing cars at Penrith Speedway, 1928 / snapshots taken by Ronald Vernon Taylor
Racing cars at Penrith Speedway, 1928 / snapshots taken by Ronald Vernon Taylor
Racing cars at Penrith Speedway, 1928 / snapshots taken by Ronald Vernon Taylor
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Date
1928
Call Numbers
PXB 512
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Physical Description
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9 photographs - 8.8 x 6.4 cm - gelatin silver
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Photographs of racing cars, their drivers and spectators, taken at Penrith Speedway
1 Miss Wynne. Alert Spec. Penrith N.S.W. 1928
2 Alert Special. Penrith Speedway. 1928
3 Alert Special. Penrith Speedway. 1928
4 Alert Special and Flint. Penrith N.S.W. 1928
5 Alert Special and Flint. Penrith Speedway. 1928
6 Jenkins. Fr...
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Racing cars at Penrith Speedway, 1928 / snapshots taken by Ronald Vernon Taylor
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 971342
Signature / Inscriptions
Captioned on reverse of photograph.
"Printed by Harringtons" is stamped on reverse of each photograph
Attributions / Conjectures
'Alert' had an Alvis radiator, though the rest of it was hotted-up Ford.
Bridget Wynne claimed to be an experienced racing driver (in England) but she never drove in, or even entered to race in this country, so far as is known. Axel Poignant when he was a child is said to have lived with two women at Bondi who ran a garage, and this may hav...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Barbara Williams, 2009
Administrative / Biographical history
Penrith Speedway was opened in 1920. It was operated by Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club and occupied paddocks owned by the local Member of Parliament, Sydney Smith. It closed in October 1930 because of flooding by Penrith's water supply. It was reopened in 1936 by Frank Arthur of Empire Speedways and ran until 1941 when the Army requisitioned...
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PXB 512
Record Identifier
nZNvkwJn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvkwJn
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Reference code
872746
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