Original photo caption in Los Angeles Times reads: "Waiting for the starting gun in the twenty-four hour race at Ascot Park yesterday afternoon. In the trying day-and-night automobile grind. In the line they are: The Locomobile, Murray Page driving, with R. J. Leavitt, the heavyweight of the race, leaning anxiously over the hood; Bert Dingley, in Chalmers-Detroit "Bluebird;" Ralph Hamlin in Franklin "Greyhound," and Harry Lord in Studebaker". Photo was printed in the Herald July 12, 1955 and the reprint photo caption reads: "This road race in the 1900s was the forerunner of the development of the American automobile. Ralph Hamlin, pioneer auto racer, who helped to advance the automobile revolution in Los Angeles, and other competitors participated in this race, which lasted 24 hours, on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 1908. Experiences in auto races helped Hamlin advance his adventure career as auto pioneer". Race drivers in goggles and dust jackets wait for the starting gun at Ascot Speedway. Ralph Hamlin is driving the Franklin Model H; "Greyhound" is printed on its hood.Dated Nov. 1, 1908.
Hamlin, Ralph Page, Murray Leavitt, R.J Dingley, Bert Lord, Harry Legion Ascot Speedway Franklin automobile Studebaker automobile Chalmers-Detroit automobile Automobile racing drivers--United States Automobile racing--California--Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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