Midget Race Drivers (2 results)

Condition: Good Plus. Collection of 4 vintage snapshot silver gelatin photographs of midget race car drivers, with car numbers present: 5, 24, 46 (like other sports, numbers were used by several persons). Each photo shows notations on the versos: three with the driver's name, and two with photographer credits, Elwood Wilson (Philadelphia, PA). It's possible Wilson took all of the photos. Midget cars were smaller versions of sprint cars, the sport popular during the Second World War, and began around 1930s California and gradually eastwardly expanded to Midwest and eastern US. Photos range but 2.75 x 4.25 inches to 3.5 x 4.5 inches, all with white borders, single-weight. Good Plus overall, light rubbing, toning, foxing, curl, a few short tears, some with brief insect chews, and one is cropped to maintain the contour of the driver and the steering wheel (background cut).

Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. 8.5" x 11". Printed both sides. Two neat horizontal folds with tiny tears at the edges, else near fine. One side gives the particulars of the races (as above). The other side is almost entirely devoted to portraits of "All of the Great Stars and Cars." Among the dozen pictured drivers are A.J, Foyt, Tony Bettenhausen, Rodger Ward, JIm Rathman, and others.