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THBEarly Midget Car racing photo album
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463 East Lancaster Avenue
Downingtown, PA 19335
United States
Pook & Pook Inc. auction house was founded by Ronald and Debra Pook in 1984 out of the Pook’s thriving antique business, which they began a decade earlier. Located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Pook & Pook, Inc.’s offices are approximately thirty-five minutes west of Philadelphia, in an old stone...Read more
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- Lot Description
Early Midget Car racing photo album, an excellent album documenting early Midget Car open wheel racing scene, twenty-six pages containing sixty-eight original silver gelatin photographs, all with captions in black ink, includes many photos of the race cars and their drivers at the Reading Fairgrounds race track, and Sanatoga Speedway. Racers featured in the album include Joie Chitwood (spelled Joey in book) who was involved in dirt track racing in the mid '30s and became a world renowned daredevil with his own show, Joie Chitwood Thrill Show; Henri Guerand, who began racing sprint and midget cars in 1933, made his debut Indy Car circuit appearance at Syracuse in 1938, and was killed in 1939 at the Nutley Velodrome; Al Cusick, who drove for Gustav Shumacher in the 1930's, and qualified for the second Vanderbilt Cup; Walt Ader, who began racing Midget Cars in Pennsylvania in 1936 and won at Reading race track in 1947 and Atlanta's Lakewood Park oval in 1947; Jack Moon, active through the 1930's and after WWII on Pennsylvania tracks; Chet Gardner, winner of the 1933 Midwest AAA Sprint Car Championship and was twice named "Southern Dirt Racing King", and competed in 1930 and 1938 Indy 500, killed during time trials at Flemington Fair Speedway while swerving to avoid a child on the track; a photo of Wilbur Shaw in 1939, the year he won his second Indy 500 race. In a two-ring album, 8 1/2" x 11 1/2".
Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.Very good condition, a few photos with loose corners, some minor edge wear to pages, photos in excellent condition. Six of the photographs are marked as being in Reading.Condition
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In-house shipping ("Competitive in-house shipping available," in the lot description.) We prefer not to split ship lots on one invoice between multiple shippers. In addition, we do not ship orders of more than 5 multiple item lots or 10 single item lots. Please contact Hannah Barchuk via email at shipping@pookandpook.com to give consent for Pook & Pook to ship your items. For shipment of orders not eligible for in-house shipping, the following companies have offered their services: For shipment of small to medium items, please contact one of the following 1. The Packaging Store hello@packandshipnow.com (215) 361-6940, fax: (215) 361-6941 2. Mail N More Plus mailnmoreplus@verizon.net 3. Philadelphia Mailroom phillymailroom@gmail.com (215) 745-1100 For shipment of large items (furniture, sculptures, etc.), the following companies have offered their services: 1. Craters and Freighters in Perkiomenville, PA www.cratersandfreighters.com philly@cratersandfreighters.com (610) 397-0488 2. Mt. Everest Moving Company in Ephrata, PA everestmoving.com everestmoving@gmail.com (717) 314-7647 All items must be picked up, or shipping arrangements made, within two weeks of the day of sale. NOTE: Items left here more than two weeks will incur storage fees at a rate of $5.00 per lot per day (this rate applies to all items regardless of size or value).
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