1931 Campbell's 'Blue Bird' Napier-Campbell Daytona Record 1930s Trade Ad Card

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1931 Campbell's 'Blue Bird' Napier-Campbell Daytona Record 1930s Trade Ad Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
ORIGINAL 1930s TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
SIR M. CAMPBELL'S " BLUE BIRD" DAYTONA, FEB. 5 1931
On February 5, 1931, Captain Sir
Malcolm Campbell broke the world's
land-speed record on his 1,300 h.p.
Napier-Campbell " Blue Bird " car
by attaining a mean speed of 246.08
m. p.h., an average of runs in opposite
directions. This speed is that achieved
over the measured  kilornetre ; over
the measured mile his pace was
Flightly less, being 240.73 m.p.h. The
record was previously held by the late
Sir Henry Segrave who, on March
11, 1929, drove his Irving-Napier
Special-"Golden Arrow' '-through
the mile at a mean speed of 231.36
m.p.h. The record runs were made
ou Ormonde Beach, Daytona, Florida,
U.S.A.
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
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THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
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IT IS NOT PERFECT
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SLIGHT PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS - WEAK CORNERS
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