Image / John Leckie standing next to his homemade horseless carriage, Santa Ana, 1898

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Title: John Leckie standing next to his homemade horseless carriage, Santa Ana, 1898
Date Created and/or Issued: September 22, 1898
1898-09-22
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 Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description: A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "New Era of Production. Next in Importance to Iron and Steel is the Automobile Industry," Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 1918: VI1.
Handwritten on negative: Sept 22 - 1898
Text from negative sleeve: Autos old.
Text from newspaper caption in negative sleeve: Probably California Oldest. This home-made contraption used to scare people to death was built by a man named John Leck, who still lives in Sa at the scandalous speed of five miles an hour.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3691_G225
ark:/21198/zz0002ndpt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Automobiles--American--California--Santa Ana
Leckie, J. E. (John Edwards), 1872-1950
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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