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First Annual Gold Cup and Sky-High Regatta. Official Program Sept. 12-13 (wrapper title)

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Sale 471: Americana & Californiana - Cartography - Clipper Ship Sailing Cards (#471) 01/19/2012 11:00 AM PST Closed
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Lot #92 First Annual Gold Cup and Sky-High Regatta. Official Program Sept. 12-13 (wrapper title)

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Heading:

(Lake Tahoe)

Title:

First Annual Gold Cup and Sky-High Regatta. Official Program Sept. 12-13 (wrapper title)

Place Published:

Tahoe City, CA

Publisher:

Lake Tahoe-Sierra Chamber of Commerce

Date Published:

[1953]

Description:

[8] pp. Illustrated from photographs. 26.5x19.5 cm. (10½x7¾"), color pictorial wrappers.

Rare program for this power boat regatta held on Lake Tahoe in September 1953. Tahoe itself is described, and the surrounding area, plus the planned races and participating boats, including the Lake Tahoe Gold Cup (Unlimited) "World's Only Mile-High Gold Cup Race"; the Sky-High Limited Hydroplane Classic, and the Woman's Gold Cup Special. Among the owners is Henry J. Kaiser, with a 3,000 horsepower hydroplane, the Aluminum II, powered by an Allison engine. No copies of the program are listed in OCLC/WorldCat.

Condition:

Fifty-cent price neatly crossed out on front wrapper; fine.

Item#:

225452

Headline:

Program for Tahoe Power Boat Regatta 1953
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