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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated October 7, 1960 reads, "The amphibious pickup or trailer 'Cee Camp,' built in North Hollywood, weighs but 700 pounds. Priced at $1,385, the Cee Camp is useful for camping, with its lightweight cabin, for racing at Hansen Damn or to Catalina, is thoroughly seaworthy, and as fast as anyone would like. Lee Wainer, chief test pilot, is on top." This was taken in Avalon Bay, just outside the Catalina Casino (upper right).
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Motor vehicles, Amphibious--California--Los Angeles Test pilots--California--Santa Catalina Island Casinos--California--Santa Catalina Island Men--California--Santa Catalina Island Bays--California--Santa Catalina Island Piers--California--Santa Catalina Island Automobiles--California--Santa Catalina Island Islands--California, Southern Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) Pacific Ocean Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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