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| Title | Derby - Flagger |
| Description | Spectators watch as an Akron Beacon Journal sponsored Soap Box Derby racer is flagged in by Wilbur Shaw. Wilbur Shaw, winner of three Indianapolis 500 races, suggested that a ring be designed for the All-American Soap Box Derby winner. From 1949 through 1974 a ring was donated by the same Indianapolis company that made the ring for the Indianapolis 500 champion. |
| Subject | Derby Downs
Soap Box Derby
Racing
Soap Box Derby Racers
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| Name | Shaw, Wilbur
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| About the Collection | http://www.akronlibrary.org/internetresources/sc/finding/fulton.pdf |
| Contributor | Akron-Summit County Public Library
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| Date | n.d. |
| Type | Image
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| Format | 10 in. x 8 in. |
| Source | SF_derby_flag.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Fulton Collection
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| Rights | The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
| Additional Information | http://www.aasbd.com/SBD_history.htm |
