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| Advertisement | Meadows Speedway (1909) |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Seattle Automobile Carnival Association |
| Publication Source | The week-end, Vol 4 (35), p. 16 |
| Publisher | Every Saturday Publishing Company |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | August 28, 1909
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| Advertisement Text | Inaugural carnival and race meet of the Seattle Automobile Carnival Association at Meadows Speedway. Sept. 9 and 10, 1909. 50 fast cars will compete in stirring speed and endurance contests. 30 motorcycles in competition...Four silver cups will be awarded in the following classes: decorative, grotesque, commercial and racing. |
| Contextual Notes | In 1905, The Meadows opened as a one-mile dirt race track for automobiles. Located in Georgetown, the area was subsequently used for air shows and paved over to create Boeing Field in 1928.
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| Category | Automobiles, carriages and wagons
Entertainment and leisure activities
Sports and outdoor activities |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Automobile racing; Racing automobiles |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Racetracks (Automobile racing)--Washington (State) |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0224 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. 979.743 WE |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from text at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008 |
