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Title
Aerial view of the Los Angeles Speedway, 1918
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1918
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of the Los Angeles Speedway, 1918. The large oval track is at center, and two sets of grandstands are visible, one at left and one at right. A large group of cars is gathered near the grandstand at right. The area around the track is mostly composed of empty fields, although there is a meandering river in the lower right corner and an intersection of large streets in the lower left..
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5394
USC-1-1-1-5507 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-10030
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5394
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-10030.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles County--Beverly Hills--General
Views
Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Sports facilities
Time Period
1918
Place
Beverly Hills
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard
Source
1-31-243; 1-23- [Microfiche number]
10030 [Accession number]
CHS-10030 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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