July 4th Soapbox Derby, 1940 #3
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July 4th Soapbox Derby, 1940 #3
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Start of a soapbox auto race during July 4th celebration at Salisbury, Maryland. The Soap Box is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been run in the United States since 1934. World Championship finals are held each July at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio. Cars competing in this and related events are unpowered, relying completely upon gravity to move. During the All American Soapbox Derby's heyday (1950s-60s), when Chevrolet was a sponsor and famous TV and movie stars made guest appearances, as many as 70,000 people gathered to cheer hundreds of youthful racer/builders. Photographed by Jack Delano, 1940.
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