Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of a race car, labeled no. 26, driving on a dirt road in Santa Monica, California, with spectators watching during the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Image of race car driver Ralph DePalma driving the Mercer number 5 in which he won the Santa Monica Road Race, medium car division, on a dirt road in Santa Monica, California, May 4, 1912, with a trolley car, palm trees, and spectators in the background.
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Image of crowds of spectators watching race cars at the finish line of the Santa Monica Road Race in Santa Monica, California, on May 4, 1912. With streetcar tracks, trash, people climbing poles, a sign that reads "Start and Finish" and crowded grandstands visible.
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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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Image of race car driver Ralph DePalma driving his Mercer number 5 and fighting for the lead around a curve on Nevada Avenue (now Wilshire Boulevard) in the Santa Monica road race at Santa Monica, California. The Number 25 car is seen behind, with spectators in the distance.
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A race car going down Wilshire Boulevard near 14th Street, in Santa Monica, during the Santa Monica road race season. Spectators line the road, and houses can be seen in the background.
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