Vintage (Old Photographs Only) Pics of the Day

[Jim]

Another pic from Ron. This is the 1946 WL he traded his cushman for when he was 15. He got the WL from Johnson's HD in Muscatine Iowa about 1953. This is when Ron started to paint cars.


Ron King 1946 HD 45.jpg

I see he kept the horn! HONK HONK

[badger34]

Yes that was the story, here is onother one from after the races!
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Are the above race results from another date or location? I found results for the June 17th race that differ.

1915-06-18 The Daily Times-IA.jpg

[duffeycycles]

Yes that was 1914 the other story was the stolen wheel in a paper about 1 week later. I have all of the newspaper ads & clips from old research. I think F.R. Whitney was Frank Ray Whitney who was a boxer/promoter. Frank Ray Whitney (1885-1933) - Find a Grave Memorial


Iowa city motorcycle races -2 - Copy.jpg Iowa City Race program-- 1915.jpg Iowa City racers 1914.jpg

[badger34]

Was Frank Ray Whitney also the proprietor of South Side Motor Station in CR, an auto & cycle retailer and service station?

[duffeycycles]

There were 3 Frank Whitney's in CR. one was a little older than I posted, one was the son of the guy I posted. The one I posted had an amusement park & there was an amusement park with a race track. I could be wrong on the one I posted !....the other one...Frank Ray Whitney (1881-1951) - Find a Grave Memorial

[duffeycycles]

Cedar Rapids-Marion, Ce-Mar Midget Bowl was a short track in an amusement park. I think this is 1946 because Tuman isn't expert yet. Edit; Ce-Mar opened in 1946 ...notice guys we have been talking about; Johnny Egeberg, Lloyd Tibbets, Charles Chenoweth, Johnny Spiegelhoff, Bob Pazour. Others like Lyle Smith was Rock Island Smitty's brother. Stormey Stocker was either dad or uncle to Roger Stocker, Indian Motocyle collector, often seen at Davenport meets.

Ce-Mar 1.jpg Ce-Mar 2.jpg