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Officer W. O. Mellon with Hayward Thompson during one of his stunts, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Officer W. O. Mellon with Hayward Thompson during one of his stunts, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: February 1927
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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.
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.
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: Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Blindfolds
Traffic police--California--Los Angeles
Stunt driving--California--Los Angeles
Thompson, Hayward
Mellon, W. O. (William Otis), 1898-1963
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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