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The first Atlanta Speedway.
This rare postcard shows the Atlanta Speedway, which opened in 1910. The course was the brainchild of Asa Candler Jr., a Coca-Cola heir. Unfortunately, the speedway closed only a year later, and in 1919 became the city’s airport, Candler Field. The site is now home to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. This postcard was mailed in 1909, the year before the short-lived speedway opened.
Image: “Atlanta’s Great Two Mile Automobile Speedway” (c. 1909). From the Andrew J. Bramlett Collection. via Peach State Past)
The first Atlanta Speedway.
This rare postcard shows the Atlanta Speedway, which opened in 1910. The course was the brainchild of Asa Candler Jr., a Coca-Cola heir. Unfortunately, the speedway closed only a year later, and in 1919 became the city’s airport, Candler Field. The site is now home to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. This postcard was mailed in 1909, the year before the short-lived speedway opened.
Image: “Atlanta’s Great Two Mile Automobile Speedway” (c. 1909). From the Andrew J. Bramlett Collection. via Peach State Past)