Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "Spider Matlock Plays Tag with Grim Reaper. Devil-May-Care Racing "Fiend" Had Many Narrow Escapes in Colorful Career," Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 1935: 24. William E. "Spider" Matlock, race driver and mechanic, sits for a portrait. Handwritten on negative: Spider Matlock 8-6-35. Text from negative sleeve: 1460- Aug. 8, 1935, Spider Matlock (race driver), 8-6-35.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8001 ark:/21198/zz002dfsrc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobile racing drivers Matlock, Spider, 1903-1936
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