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Mecklenburg County Courthouse facing Washington Street (Boydton, Mecklenburg County)

Tags: Boydton (Mecklenburg County), Lost Communities of Virginia

Book Cover, Lost Communities of Virginia

Photograph taken in Clements (Piedmont) Mill

Tags: Clements (Piedmont) Mill (Franklin County), Lost Communities of Virginia

Aerial photograph of Floyd, 1953

Tags: aerial photographs, Floyd Speedway, Floyd VA, photos, pictures, sites

The PDF document lists the names of people who are mentioned in the Speedway Collection. The tags find the items that include the names.

Most of the information is from the items in the collection. Other sources are consulted for clarification.…

Tags: A.D. (Al) Wagoner, Al Watkins, Amos Nolen, Bernece Wood, Bill Bledsoe, Bill France, Bill Gross, Bill Myers, Bob (Bobby) Smith, Bob Myers, Bob Shelor, Bob Welborn, Buck Baker, Bud Geiselman, Bud Pauley, Charley Dwyer, Chester Rakes, Chocolate Saul, Coy Slate, Curtis Turner, Dick Rose, Dorn Williams, E.H. Weddle, Earl Hatcher, Ed Cole, Eddie Wood, Frances Weddle, Fred Goad, Gerald Martin, Gilbert Linkous, Glen Wood, Gwyn Staley, Harvey Henderson, Hassel Reed, Herb Thomas, J.A. Shortt, Jabe Thomas, James Hylton, James Nolan, James Nolen, Jim Pashcal, Jim Reed, Jimmie Lewallen, Joe Hill, Joe Kirby, Johnnie Rorrer, Johnny Dodd Jr., Johnny Dodd Sr., Johnny Dodson, Johnny Gouvela, Joyce Mitchell, Junior Johnson, Kim Wood, Kyle Petty, Lane Marcum, Lee Petty, Len Wood, Leonard Wood, Lou Spears, Melvin Smith, P.L. Shelor, Paul Hodge, Pee Wee Jones, Perk Brown, Pete Sowers, Pilot Johnson, R. B. Rakes, Ralph Legori, Ray Carter, Ray Lee Wood, Robert Peters, S.D. (Durward) Rakes, Sammy Hopkins, Sandy Lynch, Shorty Johnson, Shorty York, Sonny Sweeny, Ted Swaim, Ted Swain, Tom Webster, Toot Jerkins, Turner DeHart, Volney Shultz

Aerial photograph of Floyd and Floyd Speedway, 1974

Tags: aerial photographs, Floyd Speedway, Floyd VA, photos, pictures, racetracks, sites, speedways

Aerial photographs of Floyd and the Floyd Speedway in context, 1962

Tags: aerial photographs, Floyd Speedway, Floyd VA, photos, pictures, racetracks, sites, speedways

Panorama of a Race at Floyd Speedway, undated

Panorama made from undated black-and-white photos

Tags: automobiles, cars, Floyd Speedway, Floyd VA, photos, pictures, races, racetracks, speedways

Panorama of a Race at Floyd Speedway c. 1955

Panorama constructed from individual c. 1955 photos.

Tags: automobiles, cars, Floyd Speedway, Floyd VA, panoramas, photos, pictures, races, racetracks, speedways

Pictures of a race at Floyd Speedway c. 1955