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Title: Rickenbacker 8 car, between 1925 and 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1925 and 1927]
1925/1927
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.
Handwritten on negative: Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker, ace fighter pilot for World War I, started a high-end car factory, Rickenbacker Motor Company. It lasted from 1922-1927.
The front end of a Rickenbacker 8 car on a street. Eddie Rickenbacker sits behind the wheel. This model debuted in 1925.
License plate: CAL 26 DEALER 1B 1 771
Signs posted in background: COMMUNITY CHEST APPEAL; PARKIN[G] 1 HOU[R] 7 AM TO [illegible]
Handwritten on negative sleeve: Eddie Rickenbacker
Text under airplane hood ornament: RICKENBACKER 8
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2571
ark:/21198/zz002dcc6d
Language: English
Subject: Automobile racing drivers--United States
Automobiles
Fighter pilots--United States
World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--United States
Automobile license plates--California
Rickenbacker Motor Company
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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