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Title: 250 mile race automobiles, view 1
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1927
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.
Description: A mechanic drives the car owned by racer Harry Hartz prior to the 250 mile race held at the Los Angeles Speedway in Culver City. Harry Hartz (1896-1974) was an active racer in the 1920s, but was badly injured the year this photograph was taken. He subsequently retired from racing to become a team owner and chief mechanic, only to completely leave the industry in 1940. Photo dated: March 6, 1927.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00069843
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Sports-Automobiles-Racing-Culver City-1927.
CARL0000075596
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/110282
Subject: Los Angeles Speedway (Culver City, Calif.)
Automobiles, Racing--California--Culver City
Automobile racing--California--Culver City
Hartz, Harry
Culver City (Calif.)
Source: Smith, Robyn.

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