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Title
Auto racing at Ascot Speedway, City Terrace, Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
View of race cars and drivers on the track at Ascot Speedway, City Terrace, in East Los Angeles. A sign on the hill in the background says "Look - City Terrace Lots."
Title devised by cataloger. Date devised based on history of Ascot Speedway, which opened in 1924 as Ascot Motor Speedway, and in 1928 became Legion Ascot Speedway; located in City Terrace (East Los Angeles). Closed in 1936. - L.A. Times, Oct. 10, 1994. "Auto racing at Ascot Speedway, City Terrace, Los Angeles"--note with photograph written by donor Ernest Marquez.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 7.7 x 13.2 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
488920
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/18790
Subject
Automobile racing
Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Photographs. (aat)
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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