The pictures below include 2
different exterior views of Ethel
Purtle's Lion Drome; an exterior
view of "Thrills Wall of Death"
featuring Miss Betty O'Day (signed
by rider Jim Podesta); a portrait of
Ethel Purtle and 4 other performers
at her Lion Drome; a portrait of Dot
Kettering on her Motorcycle and a
portrait photo of Nita Andresen in
her riding clothes. This wonderful,
1940's and 1950's
Thrill Show
Lion Motordrome
Thrills Wall of Death
Ethel Purtle
and 4 other performers
Nita Andresen
Dot Kettering
Apple Motordrome
My grandfather and Uncle built this
Motordrome
for their traveling show. My
grandfather raced...and was hurt
early in his career. He found a
love for motorcycles after learning
to ride during the war. He was a
WWI dispatch rider. My grandmother
was 17 and 10 years younger than my
grandfather... she met him at a
carnival in Marathon County
Wisconsin. She ran away and married
him a week later. He started
teaching her how to ride almost
immediately. Kay Nerland
Emma Louise Apple 1920's
Apple Motordrome
My grandfather is the man
to the right behind the ticket box.
Thurston (T.J.) Apple.
My
name is Kiriakos Iosifidis I'm
from Athens
Greece.
During the last 4 years I've been
writing a book about the wall of
death in Greece and around the
world. It will finally be published
on November! One part of the book
talks about the wall of death and
globe of death around the world.
Photographs courtesy of Kiriakos
Iosifidis
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