Advertising and Editorial Cartoons

These images pertain to racing. Many times the sport was criticized in editorial cartoons as excessively dangerous or disruptive to the tranquility of a community. Even more frequently automotive manufacturers proclaimed their success in advertising to appeal to customers with evidence of their superior quality products.

Auto Jargon in 1909

This editorial cartoon from the August 19, 1909, Indianapolis News, depicts the anxiety of many Hoosiers in trying to understand the "shop talk" of motorists who were converging at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for what would prove to be the disastrous August 1909 first race

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