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Marvin D. Boland Collection G52.1-002
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Title
Marvin
D
.
Boland
Collection
G52.1-002
Description
ca.
1914
.
Californian
Billy
Taylor
and his
unidentified
"
mechanician
"
aboard
the
big
#12
Alco
"
six
" at the
Tacoma
Speedway
in
early
July
of
1914
.
Entry
was
submitted
by
A.H
.
Woolacott
. The
Alco
raced
in
both
the
Golden
Potlatch
200-miler
on
July
3rd
and the
grand
finale
Montamarathon
250-mile
race
on the
4th
on the
two-mile
oval
track
.
Mr
.
Taylor
came
in
5th
place
of the
closing
race
,
trailing
winner
Earl
Cooper's
Stutz
,
G.E
.
Ruckstell's
Mercer
,
Arthur
Klein's
King
, and
Jim
Parsons
'
Frantz
. He had been
dubbed
a "
daredevil
of the
(Billy)
Carlson
type
" by the
Tacoma
Daily
Ledger
prior
to the
race
and was,
according
to the
newspaper
,
quickly
becoming
famous
.
(TDL
6-29-14
,
p
.
2-article
;
TNT
7-5-14
,
p
.
1-results)
Subjects
Taylor, Billy
Tacoma Speedway (Lakewood)
Racetracks--Lakewood--1910-1920
Automobile racing--Lakewood--1910-1920
Alco automobile
Image Date
1914
Decade
1910s
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Collection
Marvin D. Boland Collection
Series
Marvin D. Boland Collection G52.1
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