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Maj. H.O.D. Segrave (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Henry O'Neil de Hane Segrave (1896-1930), British fighter pilot; after the war, he set land and water speed records, before he died in a lake crash, age 33; his wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Segrave

• Pete (LOC P&P) said:

  pennylrichardsca: thanks for the full name and additional information. We will add it to the record.

[Bob Burman, race car driver] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 32 older comments, and then…
• teschmidt72 said:

  Bob Burman professional race driver 1909 era

• Steve Garfield said:

  This is great! Reminds me of Alec Baldwin.
  
  
  
  flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/2199030247/

• robert holmgren said:

  What, no protective leather helmet?

• Mark in NOVA said:

  More Tobey McGuire than Alec Baldwin.

• M T said:

  ahaa.. i love this =)

RELIANCE V (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Kilted Cowboy said:

  caption reads: Reliance V worlds champion....(unreadable) built by smith ryan co, Algonac, Mich photo taken nov 27th, in a 40 mile gale Date stamp is Feb 14, 1912 otherwise know as baby reliance v, she was a "hydroplane" racer, this being the smallest one, as the racers were placed in classes depending on their length, she raced several years for Commodore J S Blackton

• Mary said:

  Nudecowboy: thanks for alerting us to the fuller caption information. We've taken a second look ourselves and think the unreadable text reads: hydroplan[e]. We'll update our source data to include the fuller title, fix the date, then reload the description.