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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.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection