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Title
Dare-devil Hal Shain in Venice
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1912?
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
A demonstration of the driving skills of Hal Shain of Los Angeles as he drove his car around a track at the speed of 55 mph and an angle of 75 degrees, to the amazement of the watching crowd. He later drove his car over the edge of a narrow track, hurting 3 persons and killing himself on Dec. 30, 1912.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00008871
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Venice-Amusement parks.; S-006-168 4x5
CARL0000010798
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/83247
Subject
Shain, Hal
Amusement parks--California--Venice (Los Angeles)
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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