Image / John Cobb, land speed record, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 1939

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Title: John Cobb, land speed record, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 1939
Creator: Dick Whittington Studio
Contributor: Gilmore (client)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1939
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: John Cobb and a group of men stand around his Railton automobile at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Cobb, dressed in a boilersuit or coveralls, stands on the left with two other men. A truck and sign are in the background for Gilmore Oil Company, and the company's lion logo is painted on the front of the Railton.
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 negative. 4 x 5 in (10 x 12 cm)
Identifier: photCL Whitt 2756
318377
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/4007
Subject: Cobb, John Rhodes, 1899-1952
Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)
Automobile racing--Utah
Negatives. (aat)
Prints (visual works) (aat)
Place: Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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