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Title: Mid air twist
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
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: 1964
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.
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Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated June 5, 1964 reads "Jack Neely (No. 364) goes sprawling after crashing into motorcycle riden [sic] by Roger Armstrong of Northridge (No. 383) in steeplechase at Ascot Park. Armstrong was thrown out of camera range. Neither rider was injured, and both compete Friday night in flat track events at Ascot as well as the first night steeplechase of season Sunday evening." Ascot Park is in Gardena.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00159468
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d064_f12_i17
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/131698
Subject: Ascot Park (Gardena, Calif.)
Motorcyclists
Men
Speedway motorcycle racing
Motorcycles
Racetracks (Automobile racing)--Accidents
Gardena (Calif.)
Time Period: 1961-1970

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