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Title: Tetzlaff in Fiat, Santa Monica, May 4, 1912
Creator: Palmerston, H. F
Date Created and/or Issued: 1912
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of American racecar driver Teddy Tetzlaff driving the Fiat that he won the Free-For-All Road Race in at Santa Monica, California, on May 4, 1912. Spectators, including a policeman watch from the sidewalk. "Owensmouth Baby" written on the side of the automobile.
"Tetzlaff in Fiat, Santa Monica, May 4, 1912. Palmerston Photo B193"--text, on item. Title and date transcribed from item. The Santa Monica Road Races were held from 1909 until 1919. The course was 8.4 miles, and run on city streets Ocean Avenue, Wilshire Blvd. and San Vicente Blvd. (Source: Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives.)
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 8.7 x 13.8 cm (postcard format)
Identifier: photCL_555
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/19859
Subject: Tetzlaff, Teddy, 1883-1929
Automobile racing
Automobiles, Racing
Photographs. (aat)
Place: Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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