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Captain Walter Wanderwell and Dorothy Dawn salute the camera from fleet car No. 2 while visiting Los Angeles, Los Angeles, [1932]

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Title: Captain Walter Wanderwell and Dorothy Dawn salute the camera from fleet car No. 2 while visiting Los Angeles, Los Angeles, [1932]
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa August 11, 1932]
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A similar photograph of the same event is captioned, "Schooner Voyage Next on Program Capt. Walter Wanderwall and Dorothy Dawn with car No. 4 of fleet that has taken party through many lands," Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 1932: A2
From left to right, Captain Walter Wanderwell and Dorothy Dawn ride in fleet car no. 2 in the near distance at center. The car is viewed from the side and faces right. Captain Wanderwell sits in rear seat and Dorothy Dawn sits in the front seat. Both look to camera and raise their arms out the car window to salute. Beneath the car's windows, a band of collected insignias decorate the car. On the front door of the car it reads, "WORK AROUND THE WORLD EDUCATIONAL CLUB." To the right of this text, a monkey sits on the running board. Beside the monkey, additional text on the car reads, "TO SMASH WORLDS AUTO-TOURING RECORD SET BY - CAR NO-2-WANDERWAL- 2 NOW IN FORD MUSEUM U.S.A. AFTER CROSSING 43 COUNTRIES [FOR] THE CAUSE OF WORLD PEACE," and, "AROUND THE WORLD WITH Leica CAM[ERA]S." Towards the rear of the vehicle, at left, a police officer stands. A few children stand directly behind him near the left edge. Behind the car, on-lookers crowd the opposite curb. A building stretches behind them and across the image. Two identical posters affixed to the center window read, "LOS ANGELES TIMES OLYMPIC GAMES EDITIONS JULY 31 AUG. 15 16 ISSUES Mail Them Everywhere."
A different photograph of the same event appears with the article, "TOUR CHAMPIONS VISIT CITY Wanderwells Plan South Seas Trip," Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 1932: A2
Handwritten on negative: Walter Wanderwell, Dorothy Dawn
Text from negative sleeve: WANDERWELL, WALTER MURDER CASE 1933
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4460
ark:/21198/zz002cq85h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Travelers--American--California--Los Angeles
Dawn, Dorothy
Wanderwell, Walter, b. 1896 or 98-1932
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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