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This is no not shot or jalopy, when it shimmied around the CNE racetrack in 1916, its speedometer was registering over 40 m.p.h. The young fellow at t(...)
This is no not shot or jalopy, when it shimmied around the CNE racetrack in 1916, its speedometer was registering over 40 m.p.h. The young fellow at t(...)

This is no not shot or jalopy, when it shimmied around the CNE racetrack in 1916, its speedometer was registering over 40 m.p.h. The young fellow at t(...)

Date10/1/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: This is no not shot or jalopy; when it shimmied around the CNE racetrack in 1916; its speedometer was registering over 40 m.p.h. The young fellow at the wheel guided this fore-runner to John Cobb's Meteor across the finishing line in second place.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0111791F
CNE opens - and the good times roll again, The magic, magnetic midway and its mini-roller coaster ride were the first order of business for these chil(...)
CNE opens - and the good times roll again, The magic, magnetic midway and its mini-roller coaster ride were the first order of business for these chil(...)
8/18/1971
The CNE in its heyday: a victim of changing tastes
The CNE in its heyday: a victim of changing tastes
8/28/1970
Stepping out: No, it's not a scene from the early days of the CNE, though it could be
Stepping out: No, it's not a scene from the early days of the CNE, though it could be
8/22/1981
Bobbles catch archivist: Patrolling the CNE's Centennial Square, Tony Altomare puts the handcuffs on Ex archivist Nancy Hum, but it's all in fun
Bobbles catch archivist: Patrolling the CNE's Centennial Square, Tony Altomare puts the handcuffs on Ex archivist Nancy Hum, but it's all in fun
9/3/1982
It's a nine-year miss, for age-guesser Barry Vigon as 105-year-old Caroline Pierce smiles mischievously at the CNE Midway yesterday. She's been his ol(...)
It's a nine-year miss, for age-guesser Barry Vigon as 105-year-old Caroline Pierce smiles mischievously at the CNE Midway yesterday. She's been his ol(...)
8/18/1971
There are 72 rides to try at the CNE and this happy pair seems to be well into the swing of things as Metro's annual Ex-travaganza opened its doors ye(...)
There are 72 rides to try at the CNE and this happy pair seems to be well into the swing of things as Metro's annual Ex-travaganza opened its doors ye(...)
8/18/1976
Just horsing around, This may look like a to-the-death struggle between man and animal but it's really only Derek Rosaire and his trained Spanish palo(...)
Just horsing around, This may look like a to-the-death struggle between man and animal but it's really only Derek Rosaire and his trained Spanish palo(...)
3/11/1965
Group of CNE visitors, photographed around 1910, is seen here
Group of CNE visitors, photographed around 1910, is seen here
8/16/1952
Still a thrill, The Ex means the midway and its 86 stomach-churning rides to most young visitors - and these young women are no exception
Still a thrill, The Ex means the midway and its 86 stomach-churning rides to most young visitors - and these young women are no exception
8/21/1979
Meet me at the fountain has long been a familiar expression of CNE visitors even from the time when straw hats were popular as they were when this photo was taken
Meet me at the fountain has long been a familiar expression of CNE visitors even from the time when straw hats were popular as they were when this photo was taken
n.d.
Ride 'em cowboy: Dorothy Mitchell, who runs the CNE's lost children department, plays with a young boy while waiting for his parents to arrive
Ride 'em cowboy: Dorothy Mitchell, who runs the CNE's lost children department, plays with a young boy while waiting for his parents to arrive
8/25/1986
Feature Aeroplane exhibit c.1919 following WWI when Billy Bishop and Billy Barker performed flying demonstrations at the CNE
Feature Aeroplane exhibit c.1919 following WWI when Billy Bishop and Billy Barker performed flying demonstrations at the CNE
n.d.