PEORIA MAGAZINE August 2022

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automobile races piloting exhibition

As early as 1910, automobile races were held at Peoria Exposition Park, built as a horseracing track. The site is now home to Peoria Stadium. (Photo courtesy of the f-stop Collection, Special Collections Center, Bradley University Library) Bradley football

Peoria Exposition Park hosted a piloting exhibition in the newfangled invention known as an airplane. The site is now home to Peoria Stadium. (Photo courtesy of the f-stop Collection, Special Collections Center, Bradley University Library)

This undated photo shows a contest involving a Bradley Braves football game at the site now known as Peoria Stadium. The property originally was developed as a horseracing track, Peoria Exposition Park, but later hosted fireworks displays, swine shows, sporting events and other mass gatherings. (Photo courtesy of the Special Collections Center, Bradley University Library

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