A fine example of the sort of things people got up to for the sake of entertainment before television, video games and the Internet arrived to wreak havoc upon us all. Click on the photo and see it full size I say. It was taken circa 1929 at Revere Beach, Massachusetts, in da US of A.
My (admittedly brief) research on lion dromes indicates that during the time period when this photo was taken, one could buy a ticket to watch this sort of inspired lunacy right under one's nose for around 10-15 cents, which was about the price of a movie ticket in those days.
Motordromes are still operating today (although they're not nearly as popular as they were back in the 1930's when these events were at their peak of public interest), but minus the lions*.
Yeah, this picture has been floating around on the internet for a wee while now, but for those who are interested here's the story of how it found its way onto the Internet, plus a brief history of the motordrome.
*Gee, I wonder why?
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The lion looks quite majestic with its mane to the wind.
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