Title:
Automobile race on Foothill Blvd. [picture] : Portola Festival Road Race.
Creator:
Frost, Frank Edmund Hill "Jack", 1879-1947.
Subject:
Automobile racing - History - Pictorial works.
Streets - California - Alameda County.
Lincoln Highway - History - Pictorial works.
Portola Festival (1909 : San Francisco)
- Pictorial works.
Description:
Title from item. The image depicts cars racing in the Portola Festival Road Race
along Foothill Blvd. through the Elmhurst section of East Oakland. The race would be won by
Jack Fleming, driving a Pope-Hartford automobile. The hills of San Leandro, Calif. are visible
in the distance.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Date:
1909 October 24
Type:
image
Format:
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 23 cm.
Identifier:
copl_120
Coverage:
Elmhurst (Oakland, Calif.) - Pictorial works. ; East Oakland (Calif.) - History -
Pictorial works. ; San Leandro (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.