Santa Monica Road Races, Barney Oldfield in race car, Santa Monica, 1911-1914, rephotographed 1950

Item Overview

Title

Santa Monica Road Races, Barney Oldfield in race car, Santa Monica, 1911-1914, rephotographed 1950

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1911-1914

Date

1911/1914

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Race car driver Barney Oldfield, with goggles on forehead and cigar, in car with painted signs reading "Firestone Tires," and "My Only Life Insurance," with wooden fence in background
Photograph of print, torn at bottom edge

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2983, #10 to 24, 6/6/50, Santa Monica Road Races 1911-14, Copies of originals, See other set of prints numbered from 25 but no negs
Handwritten at edge of negative: 24

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Oldfield, Barney, 1878-1946
Santa Monica Road Races (Automobile race)

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
People
Transportation
Automobile racing--California--Santa Monica
Racing automobiles--American--California--Santa Monica
Entertainment