Barney Oldfield (1878-1946) standing at left in white jacket and cap, with his hands on a Henry Miller race car at Legion Ascot Speedway, City Terrace, East Los Angeles. He is talking to an unidentified man. Title devised by cataloger. Date determined from a similar digitized press photograph found online with caption "Los Angeles, Calif. 1932 - The old master of the dirt racing tracks ... Barney Oldfield is planning a comeback! ... pictured in one of Harry Miller's racing cars on the Ascot Speedway in one of his daily workouts ..." stamped International News Photos, Inc. Legion Ascot Speedway operated 1924-1936 in City Terrace, East Los Angeles. (Source: “History of America's Speedways, Past and Present" by Allan E. Brown).
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1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 9.8 x 12.3 cm
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