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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Hayward Thompson 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. Photograph appears with the article, "Vision Marvel Breaks Record," Los Angeles Times, 01 Feb 1927: A1, A12. Hayward puts Officer Mellon's cap on top of his head, the blindfold still covering his face. A large group of spectators stand on the sidewalks watching in front of Mohawk Tires. Another unidentified man stands to Mellon's right. Text from negative sleeve: THOMPSON, HAYWARD 1927 Text from newspaper caption: Stop and Go-At Seventh and Merchant streets, Thompson successfully directed traffic during congestion at noon hour.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3792 ark:/21198/zz002cpg4f
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Stunt driving--California--Los Angeles Spectators--California--Los Angeles Traffic police--California--Los Angeles Blindfolds Mellon, W. O. (William Otis), 1898-1963 Thompson, Hayward
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