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Chariot at Charles River Speedway, Harvard Stadium in Background

By Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
In a pre-World War II photograph, a chariot races along the former Charles River Speedway in Allston with Harvard Stadium in the distance. Much of this area of Allston was a former grassy marshland before it became an extension of Harvard campus.
In a pre-World War II photograph, a chariot races along the former Charles River Speedway in Allston with Harvard Stadium in the distance. Much of this area of Allston was a former grassy marshland before it became an extension of Harvard campus.

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