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Title
Louis B. Miller completes transcontinental drive to Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa June, 1927]
1927-06
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Miller poses in his car, which is covered in mud and dust from the road. The side of the car reads “San Francisco to New York in 83 hrs 12 min Total Elapsed Time.”
Louis B. Miller drove from San Francisco to New York and from New York to Los Angeles in the summer of 1927 in a record-breaking transcontinental automobile trip. He drove a Chrysler Imperial “80” phaeton.
Handwritten on negative: Louis B. Miller
Text from negative sleeve: Miller, Louis B. Auto Driver 1927 [handwritten:] Old Automobile
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6622
ark:/21198/zz002cwvzv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles
Miller, Louis B
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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