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Title: Your helmet, monsieur
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 December 4, 1957 reads "Mrs. Beatrice 'Peaches' Crosby of North Hollywood hands crash helmet to John Calkins, Valley College student, before start of sports car race. Mrs. Crosby, sports car race driver herself, is member of Women's Sports Car Club which volunteers time for clerical jobs at race track."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 16 x 15 cm.
Identifier: 00155564
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f27_i22
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128642
Subject: Automobile racing drivers
Men
Women
Sports cars
Automobiles
Helmets
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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