Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a motorist getting directions in the Mojave desert, 1928. An early-model automobile is at center. It is a dark-colored convertible with a large arrow painted on the side. At right, a man in a cowboy hat is conversing with another man over a map. They are standing near a sign that indicates distances to selected towns. In the background, the flat desert stretches across the image. It is dotted with low bushes. A mountain range can be seen in the distance. The towns and distances on the sign include, from top to bottom, "Saratoga Springs 2 M", "Cave Springs 9 M", "Barstow 74 M", "Daggett 75 M", "Owl Spring 14 M", "Leach Spring 29 M", "Johannesburg 81 M", "Randsburg 83 M", "Silver Lake 30 M", and "Zabriskie 25 M".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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