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Title: Ralph Hamlin racing
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1912
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Photograph used for an article dated July 12, 1955.
Mud splatters Ralph Hamlin (left at wheel), his unknown companion and their car while racing in the Phoenix road race of 1912. Two huge headlights stare ahead at the mud road. California license plate 1147 sits below the crankshaft and chains are on the back tires. The caption reads, "Winning a bicycle race at the age of 16 set Hamlin off in the auto business. After winning the race, he established a bicycle repair shop here. Above, he is shown at wheel of his Franklin during Phoenix road race in 1912."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00071958
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 821; HE-001-164 4x5
CARL0000074987
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/27389
Subject: Hamlin, Ralph
Franklin automobile
Automobile racing drivers--United States
Automobile racing--California--Los Angeles
Automobile racing--Arizona--Phoenix
Automobiles--Motors--Crankshafts
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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