| Unidentified photographer Race car driver Barney Oldfield on track at Legion Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles 1932 Photograph 9.8 x 12.3 cm Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens Call number: photCL_555, Unique Digital Identifier: 488922 LL/71009 Title devised by cataloger. Date determined from a similar digitized press photograph found online with caption "Los Angeles, Calif. 1932 - The old master of the dirt racing tracks... Barney Oldfield is planning a comeback!... pictured in one of Harry Miller's racing cars on the Ascot Speedway in one of his daily workouts..." stamped International News Photos, Inc.(1932). Legion Ascot Speedway operated 1924-1936 in City Terrace, East Los Angeles. (Source: “History of America's Speedways, Past and Present" by Allan E. Brown).
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