Image / Dr. Calvin B. Bridges with his newly designed automobile, Pasadena, 1936

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Title: Dr. Calvin B. Bridges with his newly designed automobile, Pasadena, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 17, 1936
1936-04-17
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.
Dr. Bridges stands beside his automobile resting an arm on the hood of the car positioned in front of a building that says Auto Repairing.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Crash-Proof Auto Ready," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr 1936: A2.
For two years Dr. Bridges would work for hours at the garage of 1110 North Fair Oaks Avenue on his "Lightning Bug", an automobile he claims to improve safety, economy and roadability.
Text from negative sleeve: 4874 - Dr Calvin B Bridges of Cal-Tech and his automobile of the future 4/17/36 [stamped:] Apr 19 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14096
ark:/21198/zz002j7mmv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Automobiles--American--California--Pasadena
Biologists--American--California--Pasadena
Bridges, Calvin Blackman, 1889-1938
California Institute of Technology
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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