Santa Monica Road Races, race start or finish, Santa Monica, 1911-1914, rephotographed 1950
Contributor
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository) Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer) Santa Monica Road Races (Automobile race) (subject)
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Three race cars, marked 2, 5, and 11, trailing dust, with men on track nearby, press box, scoreboards, and advertisements in background, START FINISH banner overhead, crowd in grandstand in foreground Handwritten at edge of negative: 12, road race Photograph of print Banners read: Judges stand, Racing Committee, Warner Race Timer, Press, Flanders, Buick, Automobile Telephones are a Necessary Luxury, Get One. Scoreboards read: This service furnished by Automobile Telephones, We tow disabled automobiles free, Automobile Emergency Service Co., Inc., 309 Delta Bld’g., Warner Auto Meters, Absolutely Accurate Text from negative sleeve: 2983, #10 to 24, 6/6/50, Santa Monica Road Races 1911-14, Copies of originals, See other set of prints numbered from 25 but no negs
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