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Title
Pinky Richardson in car at Legion Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Race car driver Pinky Richardson seated in car number 41 at Legion Ascot Speedway in City Terrace, East Los Angeles.
Title devised by cataloger. Location determined by research and grouping with related photographs - (see photCL_555_01_307). 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). Newspaper archives show Pinky Richardson was in races at Ascot Speedway in 1934 (and possibly other years).
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : print ; sheet 6.6 x 11 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/20415
Subject
Automobile racing drivers
Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Automobile racing
Automobiles, Racing
Photographs. (aat)
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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