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Know the story? For 1 point, please respond below and identify what this is, and where and when the photo was taken.

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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 07:41:35 AM »
ITISIS (I think I saw it somewhere)...Spanish?

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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 08:24:31 AM »
Not from there
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 11:08:06 AM »
That guy has a typical USAmerican grin... ;)

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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 01:10:18 PM »
We're in the right country now!  ;D
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2011, 08:10:00 AM »
Can you zoom in a bit?
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2011, 08:56:20 AM »
Unfortunately not. I'm not specialized on these..

An amateur-ish question: any Brooklands connection..?
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2011, 10:41:46 AM »
A shot in the dark: built in the early 1920s?
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2011, 05:10:07 AM »
Unfortunately not. I'm not specialized on these..

An amateur-ish question: any Brooklands connection..?

None that I am aware of
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2011, 05:10:29 AM »
A shot in the dark: built in the early 1920s?

No
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2011, 04:34:26 AM »
Open to all
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2011, 02:53:15 PM »
Built before 1st WW?
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2011, 04:00:29 AM »
It may have been built before WWI (not sure when it was constructed), but the picture was not taken before WWI
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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2011, 05:29:56 AM »
I found it with this caption "The Fergus Fall Flyer" ...

Fergus Falls, Minnesota fairground track circa 1915. Photo by W. T.  Oxley, a well know midwestern photographer from 1902 till 1955.

A great home grown special that has a Harley-Davidson engine and the chassis appears to be constructed of motor cycle components.


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Re: WWW Puzzle #1914
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2011, 05:36:41 AM »
Well found!
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