Before the Humpty Dumpty Circus, a lion couldn’t roar then jump down from a chair in front of the lion tamer. To make animals “come alive” Albert Schoenhut first used new rubber elastic corded joints. His circuses allowed children in the...
Indianapolis Speedway Race; Board games; Games; Automobile Racing; Automobile Racing -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Can you hear the roar of the engines? Can you feel the wind the cars whip around the curve just in front of your eyes? Cars have been racing in the Indianapolis 500 since 1911. With games like this 1930s Speedway Motor Race board game, players...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Indianapolis, Ind.); Indianapolis Speedway Race; Sports journalism--United States
For many years, the Indianapolis 500 radio network broadcast booth and the timing and scoring crews were housed in a Japanese-style Pagoda. Newspaper reporters needed a special badge to enter the Pagoda. From the Pagoda, reporters watched the race...
