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Stunt driver Hayward Thompson and his manager W. H. Watson inspecting his Pontiac Six, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Stunt driver Hayward Thompson and his manager W. H. Watson inspecting his Pontiac Six, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [between January 26-February 1, 1927]
1927-01-26/1927-02-01
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: W. H. Watson (center), manager of stund driver Hayward Thompson, looka at the engine of Watson's Pontiac Six as Watson observes. Nicknamed the “Wizard of the Blindfold,” on February 1, he successfully drove for five hours and thirteen minutes, a total of 100 miles, through congested traffic all while completely blindfolded. The affair was his 333rd exhibition and the longest since his sixty mile drive in Miami. Watson. Reported in "Blindfolded, Hayward Thompson Drives Miles Through Heavy Traffic," Los Angeles Times, 01 Feb. 1927: A12.
Text from negative sleeve: Thompson, Hayward.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3732_G4879
ark:/21198/z10637wn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Stunt driving--California--Los Angeles
Thompson, Hayward
Watson, W. H
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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