
Four photographs depicting dramatic scenes from an “auto polo” match, a version of polo played using cars rather than horses. The sport – thought to have been invented as a publicity stunt by a Ford automobile dealer to sell Model Ts – was popular at fairs, exhibitions and sports venues across the US and several areas in Europe from 1911 until the late 1920s.
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