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Title
Set for Grand Prix road race
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1959
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated March 6, 1959 reads "Canoga Park brothers Bill and John Dixon, make last-minute adjustments on two-liter Mascrate [sic] which John will enter in tomorrow's first International Grand Prix at the Pomona Fairgrounds course. Bill will compete in his Chrysler Kurtis. Both drivers will find themselves up against some of the top driving talent in the world if they get through the qualifying runs and are eligible to compete in the big race Sunday." Dixon drives a Maserati.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier
00162571
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d065_f13_i24
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/132865
Subject
Automobile racing drivers
Brothers
Men
Sports cars
Maserati automobile
Automobiles
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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