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Title
Wagon train - cycle style
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1964
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated March 10, 1964 reads "Wagon train - cycle style - The start - Ready to roar off on a three month Central American tour after the go signal from Andy Kolbe, Reseda Honda dealer, are three Valley cyclists, Martin MacDonald, 20, Sepulveda; Jim Craine, 22, Van Nuys, and Jim Nicholson, 20, Granada Hills. The adventuresome trio will wheel down through Baja California, Mexico City, La Paz, the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. Kolbe is sponsoring the tour which will test the new Honda Scramblers on a rough trip."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00127287
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d032_f29_i13
CARL0005442732
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/59576
Subject
Kolbe Honda (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kolbe Honda (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees
Men--California--Los Angeles
Young adults--California--Los Angeles
Motorcycle industry workers--California--Los Angeles
Honda motorcycle
Motorcycles--California--Los Angeles
Motorcyclists--California--Los Angeles
Travelers--California--Los Angeles
Dealers (Retail trade)--California--Los Angeles
Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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