- Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
- Title:
- Stock Car Racing
- Creator:
- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
- Date of Original:
- 1957-03-31
- Subject:
- Automobile racing--Georgia--Atlanta
Racetracks (Automobile racing)--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--1950-1960
Vehicles--Georgia--Atlanta
Advertising--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports and recreation facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Lakewood Speedway (Atlanta, Ga.)
Nuckolls Chevrolet (Toccoa, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Lakewood Park, 33.70372, -84.39243 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a participant in a race at Lakewood Speedway inside Lakewood Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
The resort area that would come to be known as Lakewood Park opened in 1893. In 1915 it began hosting the Southeastern Fair and in 1938, Lakewood Speedway was built on the property. The Southeastern Fair was discontinued in 1975, and Lakewood Speedway ceased stock car racing in 1979. In the 1980's it became home to a motion picture complex, an antique flea market, and an amphitheater. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 99.278.15
ahc099278015a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Wilson/id/1150
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Wilson:1150/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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