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Thank you to La Boite Verte
Auto-Polo, Coney Island, 1913
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I know I always hope to win the Lotto. But I’d give it up just to be a time traveller, a retronaut.
You know what? Me too
Yeah that doesn’t look the least bit dangerous.
Looks like some of them have an attempt at what we would call roll bars today. Although I doubt that they have something like seat belts.
Gee, I can’t imagine why this sport never took off. I can’t escape the uneasy feeling that in at least a couple of these photos we just might be watching the creation of some paraplegics.