1903 newspaper BARNEY OLDFIELD sets the new AUTOMOBILE RACING SPEED RECORD

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1903 newspaper BARNEY OLDFIELD sets the new AUTOMOBILE RACING SPEED RECORD
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inv # 9N-206
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
NY Press
dated May 31, 1903.
This newspaper contains prominent inside page "stacked" headings and a 1/2 column news report of
race car driver BARNEY OLDFIELD setting a new auto racing speed record
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Berna Eli "Barney" Oldfield (January 29, 1878 – October 4, 1946) an American pioneer automobile racer "whose name was synonymous with speed in the first two decades of the 20th century". He began racing in 1902 and continued until his retirement in 1918. He was the first man to drive a car at 60 miles per hour
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In 1903 Oldfield became the first driver to run a mile track in one minute flat or 60 miles per hour. Two months later, he drove one mile in 55.8 seconds at the Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York. Winton hired Oldfield and agreed to supply free cars.
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