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Title
"The Budweiser" land cruiser
Creator
Haley, George W., 1879-1963
Date Created and/or Issued
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of a promotional boat-shaped vehicle," The Budweiser" land cruiser, manufactured by the Anheuser-Busch brewing company, with a 1931 Missouri license plate, parked on a street with two men seated in the car. The car has nautical decorations including anchors and a small cannon on the hood. The car is parked next to a street sign reading "For public use. Parking Employees."
Title and location devised by cataloger. Date approximated by cataloger based on the license plate date visible in the image. The vehicle, later known as the "Budweiser II" was built around 1929-1930 and toured the country around 1931.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : glass negative ; plate 10.2 x 12.7 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
487532
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/16842
Subject
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Automobiles
Photographs. (aat)
Glass plate negatives. (aat)
Place
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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