Catalina Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Photos on 2040-parts.com
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
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Nice group of four photos taken on Santa Catalina Island in the City of Avalon. An archivist has identified this as the 1956 Catalina Island Grand Prix, but I have no documentation.
Photos are 9 by 7 inches, mounted on stiff board. Photos: -Riders # 58 Frank Heacox Compton Rough Riders M/C & 56 Elmer Rasmussen 200 cc Sun Long Beach Hilltoppers M/C are heading up Marilla, in front of the Driftwood Apartments located in the day at 200 Marilla. -# 166 Jerry Ballard BSA 350 cc Santa Monica Rams M/C is coming down Metropole at Jack's Bicycle Shop 767 Crescent heading to El Encanto and up Marilla. -#80 Bub Budschat, Matchless 500cc takes a tumble heading toward the Mole. - # 70 Lyle D. Ottele, MV Agusta 175 cc [Italian made] Long Beach Hilltoppers M/C who knows where. Identity of locations is from previous owner, taken from a 1957 Avalon Telephone Directory. Identity of riders is from previous owners research. |
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