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Crowd watching at the Legion Ascot Speedway as Bob Swanson and Rex Mays race, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Crowd watching at the Legion Ascot Speedway as Bob Swanson and Rex Mays race, 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.
The crowd looks on at Legion Ascot speedway at the race between Rex Mays and a champion of the smaller "midget" car, Bob Swanson. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Mays, Rex; Swanson, Bob
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Rex Mays- Bob Swanson race
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00254nwk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Entertainment
Sports
Automobile racing--California--Los Angeles
Legion Ascot Speedway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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