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Various Speedway ephemera. Olympia motor Speedway limited.…
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Sydney
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14-Sep-2019
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Various Speedway ephemera. Olympia motor Speedway limited. Printed one share certificate of 50 pounds completed in manuscript & signed by the directors on the Common seal of the Company, dated this first day of December,1924; Olympia motor Speedway limited. Two page typed letter, to the Shareholders regarding a proposed Speedway in Brisbane, dated Sydney, 2nd September,1925; Speedway Maroubra, official programme. Opening day Saturday, 5th December, 1925. Olympia motor Speedway Ltd. 48 pages with original covers. Complete with professional Museum conservation. Rusted staples have been replaced with linen. All of the famous speed car drivers and motor cycle riders from the 1920s; Olympia motor Speedway lapel badge, inscribed Olympia motor Speedway Ltd. The Olympia motor Speedway (also known as the Maroubra Speedway) was a motor racing venue in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra. It was opened in December, 1925 & closed in 1927. It operated spasmodically in the 1930s & was demolished in 1947; & souvenir programme, Royal Agricultural ground, Sydney 1st official test match (Australia versus England) Saturday 15th December, 1934. 16 pages including. Original covers. Rusted staples have been replaced with linen. Max Grosskreutz, Lionel van Praag, tiger Stephenson, Frank Varey et al.
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Memorabilia: Souvenir Ware