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Earl Scheib ceased operations in 2010, but the sign still exists Streetview www.roadarch.com/sca/cars.html

The Baltimore-Washington Speedway, Laurel MD.

According to a response from /u/LionHeart_1990 on this thread on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/INDYCAR/comments/ekqfd0/help_the_library...

Atlantic City Speedway (Amatol Race Track)! Mullica Hill/Hammonton area in NJ, in the Pinelands. It has a very interesting history so both videos below are worth watching. The site also featured a WWI ammunitions facility. youtu.be/l3MifV3DOFg youtu.be/VoPE4er07tM en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City_Speedway

If you look at the footage in the videos it likes very very similar.

Opening day at Laurel Speedway, July 11, 1925 See similar photos in DC Evening Star chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-07-12/ed-... and chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-07-19/ed-... The names of the drivers on pit row refer to Bennet or Jimmy Hill, Jerry Wonderlich, Peter DePaola, Peter Kriess, Wade Morton, Phil Shafer, Ralph De Palma, Reginald Johnson and William Shattuck, who were all entered in a $25,000 race there in July. See also . . .

I agree that the background in archival footage of the videos of the Atlantic Speedway look similar. BUT New Britain Herald. May 01, 1926, FINAL EDITION, Page 13 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014519/1926-05-01/ed-... lists the entries for the first race at Atlantic Speedway as: 1 Peter De Paolo 2 Eddie Hearne 3 Harry Hartz 4 Bob McDonough 5 Ralph Hepburn 6 Frank Elliott 8 Norman Batten 9 Cliff Woodbury 14 Fred Comer I5 Peter Kreis 16 Bennett Hill 17 Earl Devore 41 Zeke Meyer 21 Ralph DePalma 22 Dr. W.E. Shattuck 26 Count DeMarguenat 27 Baron Derachewesky 28 Dave Evans 35 Ben Jones Some names on this list do not match the names in the photo.

Another possibility is the Laurel Speedway later in 1925 See the Evening Star. November 01, 1925, Image 117 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-11-01/ed-... Good overlap with names on this photo but not perfect. Also a reasonable match to the trees in the background.

The pocket general.

He was a very small man but was genuinely respected by the men who served under him including the Irish men many of whom served with him in India!

Victoria Cross, VC - top left medal. Details at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts "He was awarded the Victoria Cross medal for actions on 2 January 1858 at Khudaganj. The citation reads: Lieutenant Roberts' gallantry has on every occasion been most marked. On following the retreating enemy on 2 January 1858, at Khodagunge, he saw in the distance two Sepoys going away with a standard. Lieutenant Roberts put spurs to his horse, and overtook them just as they were about to enter a village. They immediately turned round, and presented their muskets at him, and one of the men pulled the trigger, but fortunately the caps snapped, and the standard-bearer was cut down by this gallant young officer, and the standard taken possession of by him. He also, on the same day, cut down another Sepoy who was standing at bay, with musket and bayonet, keeping off a Sowar. Lieutenant Roberts rode to the assistance of the horseman, and, rushing at the Sepoy, with one blow of his sword cut him across the face, killing him on the spot.

Roberts actually lived in Waterford for a while which might explain why his portrait is among the Poole collection! There's a plaque on a wall out the Dunmore Road giving details!

Red Herring - Well I never! There is a pub in Sydney, Australia renamed (1901) after him. www.lordrobertshotel.com.au/