Kid Auto Races at Venice
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Kid Auto Races at Venice is a 1914 American film starring Charles Chaplin. It is the first film in which his "Little Tramp" character makes an appearance before the public. The first film to be produc
Theatrical poster for Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
Soap Box Derby
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The Soap Box Derby is a youth-oriented gravity racer event founded in 1934 in the United States by Myron Scott, employed by the Dayton Daily News, and preceded by events such as Kid Auto Races at Veni
Kid Auto Races at Venice
…Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Made by Keystone Studios and directed by Henry Lehrman, the movie portrays Chaplin as a spectator at a "pushcar" race in Venice, Los Angeles. The film was shot during the Junior Vanderbilt Cup, an actual race with Chaplin and Lehrman improvising gags in front of…
Poster from 2023
The 85th running of the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby Championship in Akron, Ohio in 2023. Photos (top to bottom) show the three official divisions: Stock, Super Stock and Masters.
1954 magazine advertisement by Chevrolet Motor Division
Unidentified racers sitting track-side in Richmond, Virginia in 1965