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Title
Jack Benny riding in 1906 Maxwell Automobile in Anaheim Civic Progress Week Parade. [graphic]
Alternative Title
Digital Anaheim.
Date Created and/or Issued
April 21, 1947 (issued)
Contributing Institution
Anaheim Public Library
Collection
Anaheim Public Library photograph collection on Anaheim local history
Rights Information
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Description
Accession number: P12722
See also P1070 and P16526
View of Jack Benny, on his first visit to Anaheim, riding with Santa Ana Superior Court Judge Raymond H. Thompson in a 1906 Maxwell automobile (with sign proclaiming "Jack Benny's Maxwell" in front window) along the parade route for Anaheim's "Civic Progress Week" celebration; route started at Palm and Center Streets (now Harbor and Lincoln Blvds.) and ended at the Elks Club (423 N. Los Angeles Street, now Anaheim Blvd.); excited residents surrounding the car include (at left side) six-year-old David Faessel, Anaheim Police Officer Joe Miranda (out of uniform) and Frank Belmont, owner of the Granada Packing House.
Type
image
Format
1 Photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in.
Form/Genre
Photographic print
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3m3nc4bj
Subject
Benny, Jack--1894-1974
Faessel, David
Miranda, Joseph F, Anaheim (Calif.) Police Officer--1903-1973
Thompson, Raymond H., Superior Court Judge
Belmont, Frank
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce
Recreation--1900-Present
Parades and processions--California--Anaheim
Parades--California--Anaheim
Maxwell automobiles
Automobiles
Transportation
Time Period
Recreation -- 1900-Present
Place
Parades and processions
California
Anaheim
Parades
Anaheim.

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