Image / Parked cars, Legion Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles. November 26, 1924

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Title: Parked cars, Legion Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles. November 26, 1924
Creator: Aerograph Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1924-11-26
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: A panoramic view of automobiles parked at the Legion Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles, east of downtown. Numerous cars are parked among the low rolling hills, and people are seated and standing amongst the vehicles. The grandstand is visible in the distance on the left, but most of the spectators are focused on the track through the hills in the middle. Writing in white at bottom of image reads "Ascot road race. Nov. 26, 1924". Writing in white in lower right corner reads "Aerograph Co. ; 1763 W. Vernon Ave ; L.A, Cal. ; No 101607".
For information about Legion Ascot Speedway, see Where they raced, lap 2: Auto racing venues in Southern California, 1900-2000, Harold L. Osmer, 2000, p. 34-41.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Extent: 26 x 72 cm (10 x 28 in)
Identifier: 167657
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/4276
Subject: Racetracks (Automobile racing)--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles--Photographs
Panoramas--California--Los Angeles--Photographs
Negatives. (aat)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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