Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Racing star Rex Mays poses with a celebratory hat and an unidentified woman 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. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Mays, Rex; Swanson, Bob Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Rex Mays and Bob Swanson
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz00254p6q
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People Automobile racing drivers Sports Legion Ascot Speedway (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mays, Rex, 1913-1949
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