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Bike Race Start
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View from left front of male bicycle racers at the start of a race. Some of the men wear hats, and two wear helmets. On the far right a man smoking a cigarette holds the starting pistol, and next to him another man smoking a cigar is looking down at a stopwatch in his hand. On the opposite side of the street is a crowd of spectators standing in front of houses.
1938
Manson, Charles L., 1899-1968
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