Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph. "Then and now -- the 'forty-niners' required 16 days to reach Death Valley from Los Angeles. Essex Challenger [the car] made the grind in 6 hours 19 minutes during nationwide Challenger Week demonstrations. The 'Challenger' was paraded through Los Angeles all last week at a 'killing' pace of 2½ miles per hour behind the 'covered wagon.'" -- handwritten on verso. "Essex 'Challenger,' which made record run to Death Valley, also matched burros' pace in processions in high gear." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 16 March 1930. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
Buildings Essex Challenger Forty-Niners Death Valley Challenger Week Automobile Los Angeles--City--Buildings--S
Time Period
circa 1930-03-14
Place
-118.28401,34.01361 -118.22654,34.05371 -118.24959,34.02915 -118.27294,34.0525 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Santa Fe Depot USA
Source
3-1275-02806-2488 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-492 [Original Filename] Subjects 318 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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