Moncrief Park Racetrack

Name/Title

Moncrief Park Racetrack

Entry/Object ID

2020.9.3069

Description

Moncrief Spring Park, Charles K. Hamilton, known as “The Daredevil of the Air”, raced his Curtis biplane, the first heaver-than-air flying machine seen in Jacksonville, against a Cadillac driven by Dexter Kelly. The biplane soared to the height of 2,500 feet and reached a speed of 60 miles per hour in a dive, yet the automobile won the five mile race.

Collection

Photographs Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects