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Race car driver Rex Mays poses in a "midget" car at the Legion Ascot speedway, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Race car driver Rex Mays poses in a "midget" car at the Legion Ascot speedway, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 18, 1935
1935-08-18
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Racing star Rex Mays poses in a "midget" car decorated with Felix the Cat for a race against "midget" car driver Bob Swanson at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Rex Mays
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Mays, Rex; Swanson, Bob.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00254nq0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Entertainment
Culture
Automobile racing drivers
Sports
Legion Ascot Speedway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Mays, Rex, 1913-1949
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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