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  • Collection: Shrewsbury Photos of Olof C. Johnson

Stunt Driver, Hartland

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A stunt car driver jumps over a person at a fairgrounds in Hartland, Vermont, in 1940.

Stunt Driver, Rutland

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A stunt car driver performs at the Rutland (Vermont) fairgrounds, perhaps in 1940.

Car Jumping Cars

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A car jumps three other cars while fans watch from the grandstand at the Rutland Fairgrounds.

Car Completing Jump

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A car completes jumping over two other cars that are facing each other as a crowd watches at the Rutland Fairgrounds.

Car Fails to Complete Jump

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A jumping car fails to clear another car parked in front of it and crashes into it at the Rutland Fairgrounds. The car has lettering for "Jimmie Lynch" on the side. According to Mashable.com, "Daredevil Jimmie Lynch and his 'Death Dodgers' traveled…

Stunt Car Accelerates

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A stunt car accelerates as it prepares to perform a stunt at the Rutland Fairgrounds. The side of the car has lettering reading "Jimmie Lynch," a daredevil performer of the era.

Stunt Car up on Two Wheels

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A stunt car drives on two side wheels at the Rutland Fairgrounds.