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Bill Brown oral history interview 1, 2007 April 25
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Creator
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Brown, Bill, 1935-
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Date Created
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2007-04-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Distilling, Illicit
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Description
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Bill Brown recalls his career as a stock car racing mechanic during the 1950s and 1960s. He describes his experiences growing up near Winston-Salem, North Carolina and building cars for races at Bowman Gray Stadium. Mr. Brown often prepared cars f...
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Bill Brown oral history interview 2, 2007 June 25
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Creator
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Brown, Bill, 1935-
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Date Created
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2007-06-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Motorsports, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile mechanics, Labor unions
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Bill Brown discusses his experiences as a mechanic for racecar drivers Billy and Bobby Myers during the 1950s. He recalls his relationship with the racing brothers and reflects upon his experiences with other racecar drivers such as Fireball Rober...
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Dink Widenhouse oral history interview, 2007 January 25
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Creator
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Widenhouse, Dink, 1932-
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Date Created
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2007-01-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Automobile racing, Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock car racing--Accidents, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Distilling, Illicit
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Description
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Stock car driver and Concord, North Carolina native David "Dink" Widenhouse discusses his racing career from the late 1940s-1960s and his experiences with members of the racing community. Mr. Widenhouse describes how he began racing at the age of ...
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T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 1, 2005 December 7
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Creator
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Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2005-12-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Stock car racing, Motorsports, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Photography--Equipment and supplies, Hasselblad camera, Photography--Techniques
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Description
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T. Taylor Warren reflects on his life, his photography career, and the early days of photographing NASCAR racing. He recalls his budding interest in photography as a boy and describes his education at Rochester Institute of Technology and the teac...