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Description
Order Number
00081839
Title
Crossing
the
finish
line
at
Culver
City
Speedway
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Sports-Automobiles-Racing-Culver
City.
;
G-002-443
4x5
Date
1924
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;17
x
21
cm
. on
sheet
21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Jack
Prince
and
Art
Pillsbury
built
the
Beverly
Hills
Speedway
in
1919
on
275
acres
of
land
, at a
cost
of
$500,000
. The
1.25-mile
wood
oval
,
which
featured
45-degree
banked
turns
, was
funded
by a
group
of
actors
and
others
in the
industry
known
as the
Beverly
Hills
Speedway
Syndicate
. The
track
was
inaugurated
on
February
28
,
1920
, but
after
only
four
years
the
70,000-seat
stadium
was
disassembled
to
make
room
for
other
improvements
in the
newly
incorporated
city
of
Beverly
Hills
,
holding
its
last
race
on
February
24
,
1924
before
a
crowd
of
85,000
. The
developers
eventually
moved
the
racetrack
to
Culver
City
, and
it
was
located
at the
intersection
of
Culver
Blvd
and
Overland
Blvd
,
right
across
the
street
from
MGM
Studios
.
It
was at this "
new
"
location
and "
new
"
track
where
Red
Cariens
was
involved
in a
fatal
crash
on
November
29
,
1925
.
It
was also at this
location
where
Mickey
Rooney's
classic
racing
movie
"The
Big
Wheel
"
(1949)
was
shot
. This
speedway
was
built
at a
time
when
car
races
were
popular
,
so
popular
in
fact
, that there were
radio
broadcasts
from the
speedways
.
California
had
approximately
six
wooden
track
speedways
, also
known
as "
toothpick
track
"
speedways
.
Culver
City
Speedway
operated
from
December
14
,
1924
to
March
6
,
1927
;
it
was
eventually
removed
to
make
way
for
movie
studios
.
Description
Aerial
view
of the
Culver
City
Speedway
in
Culver
City
circa
1924
. The
automobile
racetrack
veers
toward
the
left
, and a
cluster
of
cars
drive
across
a
white
"
hash
mark
" that
is
most
likely
the
finish
line
. The
large
structure
with
multi-color
tile
is
the
grand
stand
and the
smaller
building
to the
right
of
it
might
be a
clubhouse
or
restaurant
under
construction
. The
adjacent
parking
lot
is
full
of
cars
.
Publisher
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Subject
Culver City Speedway.
Racetracks (Automobile racing)--California--Culver City.
Automobile racing--California--Culver City.
Automobiles--California--Culver City.
Parking lots--California--Culver City.
Lost architecture--California--Culver City.
Prince, Jack.
Pillsbury, Art.
Culver City (Calif.).
Culver City (Calif.)--Aerial views.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
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