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The Wall of Death: America's Original Motorcycle Stunt Show
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The traveling carnival attraction known as the motordrome first appeared at Coney Island, New York in 1911, and by 1915 the fully vertical wall that defines today's Wall of Death was in use. More than 100 motordromes toured with carnivals across America in the 1930s, with the Indian Scout established as the classic mount for the act.
