[CityBoyDoug]

Originally Posted by HossC

It looks like the pylon and circle are from the 1928 National Air Races:



The caption for the picture below says: "The 1928 National Air Races at Mines Field. Note the large crowd in the stands and the rows of parked cars behind and to the right. Photo is dated Sept. 15, 1928."


blogs.dailybreeze.com/Los Angeles World Airports

I wonder how many people would show up for an air race today? When I was four years old it was the greatest joy to see a steam engine train pull in to the station. All of that seems so quaint today.

In the photo above we see thousands of people mesmerized to see these slow moving planes fly by.

My grandmother used to tell of the thrill of riding in an automobile in 1910.