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 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. Standing outside of the car a blindfolded Hayward reaches out towards Helen while the crowd watches behind them. Text from negative sleeve: THOMPSON, HAYWARD 1927 Text from newspaper caption: Eye for Beauty-Blindfolded, Thompson picks Helen Clare as most beautiful girl from crowd at Twelfth and Figueroa streets.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3797 ark:/21198/zz002cpg91
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crowds--California--Los Angeles Blindfolds Stunt driving--California--Los Angeles Thompson, Hayward Clare, Helen
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