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Title
Several motorboats racing at Los Angeles Harbor, ca.1928
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1928
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 several motorboats racing at Los Angeles Harbor, ca.1928. Several men race single-seating motorboats across a body of water. One man's boat is labeled "Fire Fly II" while others bear names like "Flying Scotchman" and "Bonnie Lass". In the background, clouds can be seen hovering above the water.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegatives, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m24014 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-47969
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24014
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-47969.jpg
Subject
Boats and boating
Motorboat racing
Recreation--Boating
Hydrographic features
Time Period
circa 1928
Place
California
USA
Source
47969 [Accession number]
CHS-47969 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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