Race car driver "Swede" Smith (George Smyth) in race car number 45 at Legion Ascot Speedway in City Terrace, East Los Angeles. Title devised by cataloger. "Swede Smith - driver. Modern Auto Spec. - No. 45. Ascot." --text, handwritten in ink on verso. Race car driver George L. Smyth (1899-1934) was mostly known as "Swede" Smith. (Source: “History of America's Speedways, Past and Present" by Allan E. Brown).
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