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I thought any of you moto-hounds out there might appreciate this one. This photo is also from Tom White's motocross museum. While the image is just of an old yellow, lined piece of paper, its significance is priceless. This is actually Edison Dye's original, hand written invoice for his first shipment of Husqvarna motorcycles. The description says:

"Edison's hand written allocation of the first container shipment of 15 Husqvarna 250cc Cross's. Note his calculation of cost to him in Swedish currency...as he estimates his cost...His margin of 37% assured that he would be able to afford proper promotion of his proprietary product"

"Yeah, so what...its still just an invoice", you say. Not so fast! This parchment signifies one of the essential milestones for the modern era of motocross racing in the US. Without Edison's drive to promote and sell motocross machines stateside, motocross racing may have never caught on in North America.

Along with that, of course, were the original checks made out to Edison's brigade of European riders, namely Roger DeCoster, Torsten Hallman, and Christin something (can quite make out the name) for US$350. Very Cool!