Title:
Lincoln Beachey vs. Barney Oldfield [picture] : Emeryville, Jan. 1914.
Creator:
Stein, Louis Lorenz, 1865-1953.
Subject:
Air pilots - United States - Pictorial works.
Airplane racing - California -
Emeryville - Pictorial works.
Automobile racing - History - California - Pictorial works.
Aeronautics - California - History - Pictorial works.
Oakland Trotting Park (Emeryville, Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.
Beachey,
Lincoln, 1887-1915 - Pictorial works.
Oldfield, Barney, 1878-1496 - Pictorial works.
Description:
The Curtiss biplane piloted by Lincoln Beachey is challenged by Barney Oldfield in
his Simplex race car in the "Speed Championship of the World" on Jan. 10,
1914 in Emeryville. The race ended when Beachey's plane nosedived into the track.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Date:
1914 January 10
Type:
image
Format:
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
Identifier:
copl_101
Neg. F-2911
Source:
Lou Stein Jr. Collection.
Coverage:
Emeryville (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.