Photograph of Len Glascow at the starting line of a motorbike race: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Len Glascow at the starting line of a motorbike race: Date: 1976. Subject of: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of a number of people at the starting line of a motocross race as part of the 1976 CBS competition for the top stuntmen in Hollywood. Nine riders are photographed from the proper right, each wearing a helmet, goggles, and a racing suit. Each rider is on a white Suzuki bike with a circular number plate attached to the front bars. Len Glascow is the third from the foreground. Behind the racers a few spectators are visible, including a man with a video camera. A mountain line with scrub brush is visible in the background. Below the image is a thick white border with smudged black ink handwriting reading: 1976 CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR / COMPETITION FOR THE 10 Top 10 STUNTMEN IN HOLLYWOOD] and ["I CAME IN 5TH"].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1976
- Subject of: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Black Stuntmen's Association, founded 1967
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 6 5/8 x 9 11/16 in. (16.8 x 24.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 3/16 in. (20.3 x 25.9 cm)
- Place captured: Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Automobile racing
- Topic: Hollywood (Film)
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Professional organizations
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2013.73.7
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lenton W. Glascow
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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