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- Black and white photograph of the 1902 Baker Torpedo Racer. Notes on back of photograph state, "1902 Racer with 12 hp Elwell-Parker Motor provided by Electric Vehicle Co., Hartford, CT. Set speed record in 6/02 at Staten Island Speedway by covering mile in 47.0 seconds, then crashed into crowd killing two spectators".
- Black and white photo of the Baker Electric "Torpedo" and other cars racing at the Glenville Race Track in Cleveland, Ohio. Note attached states, "Samuel Butler, Arthur Pardington, officials; Paul Rainey's four cylinder French car, Myers driving; Konigslow's two cylinder auto, Walter Stone driving; Baker "Torpedo Kid", Walter C. Baker driving, Fred R. White starting; Olds "Go-Devil", D. Wurgis driving. Glenville Track, Cleveland, Ohio. September, 1903".