Santa Monica Road Races, race start or finish, Santa Monica, 1911-1914, rephotographed 1950

Item Overview

Title

Santa Monica Road Races, race start or finish, Santa Monica, 1911-1914, rephotographed 1950

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1950

Date

1950

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Three race cars, marked 2, 5, and 11, trailing dust, with men on track nearby, press box, scoreboards, and advertisements in background, START FINISH banner overhead, crowd in grandstand in foreground
Banners read: Judges stand, Racing Committee, Warner Race Timer, Press, Flanders, Buick, Automobile Telephones are a Necessary Luxury, Get One. Scoreboards read: This service furnished by Automobile Telephones, We tow disabled automobiles free, Automobile Emergency Service Co., Inc., 309 Delta Bld’g., Warner Auto Meters, Absolutely Accurate
Photograph of print

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: 12, road race

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Santa Monica Road Races (Automobile race)

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
Transportation
Automobile racing--California--Santa Monica
Entertainment