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Pages from History
A
collection of historic Images - Motordrome |
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Wall of Death - Motordrome - Lillian LaFrance
- circa 1900 |
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Lillian at Ticket Box |
Building the
Wall |
Motordrome
and Double Wheel in back |
Motordrome |
Motordrome |
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Motordrome |
Motordrome |
Motordrome |
Motordrome |
Riders on Plateform |
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Rider on Plateform |
Lillian
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Motor Cycle |
Lillian with other
Riders |
Rider on Wall |
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Rider
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Rider
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Rider in Hawii |
Lillian and Partner |
In Front |
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Lillian Car |
Lillian Car |
Riders on Platform |
Car in
Motordrome |
Riders Inside the Drome |
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Car on Wall |
Lillian
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Lillian with
her Dog |
Lillian
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Lillian
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Tip in Front
of Drome |
Motordrome |
Lillian
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Lillian
Passport |
Lillian
Passport |
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The pictures below include 2
different exterior views of Ethel
Purtle's Lion Drome; an exterior
view of "Thrills Wall of Death"
featuring Miss Betty O'Day (signed
by rider Jim Podesta); a portrait of
Ethel Purtle and 4 other performers
at her Lion Drome; a portrait of Dot
Kettering on her Motorcycle and a
portrait photo of Nita Andresen in
her riding clothes. This wonderful,
1940's and 1950's
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Thrill Show |
Lion Motordrome |
Thrills Wall of Death |
Ethel Purtle
and 4 other performers |
Nita Andresen |
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Apple Motordrome
My grandfather and Uncle built this
Motordrome
for their traveling show. My
grandfather raced...and was hurt
early in his career. He found a
love for motorcycles after learning
to ride during the war. He was a
WWI dispatch rider. My grandmother
was 17 and 10 years younger than my
grandfather... she met him at a
carnival in Marathon County
Wisconsin. She ran away and married
him a week later. He started
teaching her how to ride almost
immediately.
Kay Nerland |
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Emma Louise Apple 1920's |
Apple Motordrome
My grandfather is the man
to the right behind the ticket box.
Thurston (T.J.) Apple. |
Mickey & Unknown Rider |
Mickey & Jean |
Mickey Apple 1944 |
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Mikey 1944 Apple Motordrome |
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Articles from Apples Motordrome |
Wall of Death - From Greece
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My
name is Kiriakos Iosifidis I'm
from Athens
Greece.
During the last 4 years I've been
writing a book about the wall of
death in Greece and around the
world. It will finally be published
on November! One part of the book
talks about the wall of death and
globe of death around the world.
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Photographs courtesy of Kiriakos
Iosifidis
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Other Images of Motordromes |
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Worlds
Smallest Motordrome |
To Remember the Brothers Coutard in
The Wall of Death |
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