Munsen family photographs and motion picture films (P89-091, SAFR 18589) consists of 28 black-and-white photographic prints and 13 reels of 8mm black-and-white and color, silent motion picture film of the Munsen family and their hydroplane raceboats in California from circa 1942 to 1950. The films depict Dick and Bob Munsen, along with other family members and other racers, racing hydroplanes on the California racing circuit in Napa, Marysville, San Francisco, Livermore, Butte City, Sacramento and Los Gatos. Boats appearing in the films are the Munsen's C-211 "Maniac", C-171 and C-271.

The brothers Robert "Bob" B. Munsen (1913-1981) and Richard "Dick" A. Munsen (1917-1987) of Sacramento, Calif. raced hydroplane speedboats as part of a post-war recreational pastime.

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