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37 photos tagged speedboat, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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• motorboat
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• sydney
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• williamhall
• williamhallcollection
• libraryofcongress
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• aerial
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• smu
• southernmethodistuniversity
• library
• archives
• harbourscenes
• powerboat
• race
• water
• curtiss

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• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 15 photos
• The Library of Congress 10 photos
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 8 photos
• SDASM Archives 2 photos
• Royal Australian Historical Society 1 photo
• Florida Memory 1 photo

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Pugh of the "Disturber" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Harry Angstrom said:

  Wrigley Trophy Trouble in Court. August 22, 1912, Thursday Page 7, 335 words CHICAGO, Aug. 21. -- James A. Pugh, owner of the motorboat Disturber III., to-day obtained an injunction in the Circuit Court, restraining officials of the Associated Yacht and Power Boat Clubs of America from awarding the Wrigley Trophy and a $1,500 cash prize to J. Stuart Blackton of New York, owner of the Baby Reliance II. ... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9801EFDA123CE633A...

• Richard Norton said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Trophy

Speedboat CEITTIEN II on Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• excellentzebu1050 said:

  Beautiful

Speed boat on Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• Andy Brill said:

  Note the dangerous close approach, as the speedboat cuts across the bow of the half cabin cruiser!

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  Andy Brill Eek! I am sure there were some close shaves when these vessels were introduced in the harbour :)

• colinbm said:

  18 Foot Skiffs racing with the approaches to the Sydney Harbour Bridge straddling Fort Denison.