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Title
Quarter midget races in Van Nuys thrill parents
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Brich, George
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
1961
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption date stamped September 2, 1961 reads, "April Stephens, 9, 7308 Wilbur Ave., Reseda, at left, guns her engine while racing around the track as a member of the Panorama City Quarter Midget Racing Association. Winner last year in national modified class competition--the Las Vegas Race of Champions, Nevada--Miss Stephens now speeds in the B Class, top division for dirt track racers, at an average of 35 m.p.h. Racing since 1959, Miss Stephens has won a total of 264 trophies. In the second photo, Mrs. Hubert Stephens helps her daughter, April, unfasten the safety belt. Miss Stephens and her father, photo at right, fix the car engine. Miss Stephens is one of 60 members, 5 to 16 years of age, who race Tuesday and Friday evenings on a dirt track at Oxnard Boulevard, near Noble avenue, Van Nuys." See images 00160596 through 00160598 for additional photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier
00160596
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d065_f24_i24
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/133531
Subject
Midget car racing
Midget cars (Automobiles)
Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Racers (Persons)
Award winners
Helmets
Fathers and daughters
Girls
Men
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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