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[Photograph 2012.201.B1318.0258]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Col. Roscoe Turner of Hollywood, winner, and Jimmie Wedell of New Orleans, runner-up, (right) are pictured after breaking the East-to-West record in the Transcontinental Speed Dash of the National Air Races. Col. Turner spanned the 2,500-mile route from New York to Los Angeles in 11 hours, 30 minutes, one hour and three minutes better than his former mark, and won $5,050 in prizes. Wedell was half an hour behind… more
Date: July 1, 1933
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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