Caption

Wall of death 1967. The wall of death, motordrome, velodrome or well of death is a carnival sideshow featuring a silo- or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder, typically ranging from 20 to 36 feet (6.1 to 11.0 m) in diameter and made of wooden planks, inside which motorcyclists travel along the vertical wall and perform stunts, held in place by friction and centrifugal force. The original wall of death was in 1911 on Coney Island in the United States. Pictured a motorcyclist in high speed in the velodrome, showing off, with his hands in the air, not on the handlebars as he should. Pictured Elisabeth Nilsson

Date

Sep 11, 1967

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sjoberg

Reference

BRK25G57_085

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

22,5Mb (1,6Mb) / 10,5in x 8,3in / 3146 x 2498 (300dpi)

Keywords

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