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Road race car and scoreboard, Santa Monica

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Description
A race car with number 6 is seen stopped on the road in an automobile race, presumably the Vanderbilt Cup Race in Santa Monica, California, where road races were held on city streets. A "Pendleton System" scoreboard and palm trees are in the background. Names and cars of drivers, cars, and numbers on signs are "Fiat, Frank Verbeck," "Alco, Tony Janette," and "15 Marmon, Guy Ball."
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Date
1914
Call number
photCL_555_01_1606
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