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Title: Race Against Polio
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph caption dated April 13, 1957 reads "Dick Armstrong on quarter midget motorcycle and Dick Clark on class 'A' cycle wait for flag from Beverly Montgomery, 18, in test run before motorcycle 'Race Against Polio' which will benefit March of Dimes tomorrow at Midgetapolis Speedway in Agoura. Beverly will be race queen."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00162570
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d065_f13_i21
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/132929
Subject: Agoura Speedway
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Racers (Persons)
Beauty contestants
Motorcyclists
Fund raisers (Persons)
Men
Women
Boys
Motorcycles
Associations, institutions, etc
Flags
Posters
Agoura Hills (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period: 1951-1960

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