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Speedway 1930’s style

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automotiveporn:

Steve McQueen and his Lotus Eleven

McQueen and his Lotus 11, circa 1959. This is the car that he traded his ’58 Porsche Speedster for, and as such it was McQueen’s first real racing machine. He enjoyed several good battles in it, winning a few races along the way. About it, McQueen said “In that Lotus I really started to become competitive. I was smoother, more relaxed; the rough edges had been knocked off my driving. I was beginning to find out what real sports car racing was all about.”

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thelittlefrenchbullblog:

Steve McQueen Finger Salute

This gesture is English in origin. Hundreds of years ago when the French and English were at war, the French would cut off the fingers of the English bowmen when captured so they couldn’t use their bows anymore.

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mydaguerreotypeboyfriend:

Jim Thorpe, age 24, at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.

Born on Indian territory to parents of mixed ancestry, Thorpe won gold in the pentathlon and the decathlon, dominating eight of the fifteen events. 

He was later was stripped of both medals when it was revealed that he had played professional baseball before the Olympics. After the games, he played professional football, baseball, and basketball until the age of 41, when the Great Depression ended his athletic career. 

“Someone had stolen his shoes just before he won his gold. He found a mismatched pair in a trash bin and wore extra socks because one shoe was too big.”

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Harvard Sporty Prep

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1bohemian:

Motorbiking, 1931

baltimorehorses:

Vel d’Hiv c. 1930 (by spoke sniffer)

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watercreek:

boozefighters mc

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delisandwich:

Gordon Coster • mpdrolet

Men rounded up after race riots in Detroit, 1943