Hayward Thompson driving across Colorado Street Bridge while blindfolded, Pasadena, 1927

Title: Hayward Thompson driving across Colorado Street Bridge while blindfolded, Pasadena, 1927
Date Created: January 31, 1927
Date: 1927-01-31
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, "Vision Marvel Breaks Record," Los Angeles Times, 01 Feb 1927: A1, A12
Hayward Thompson successfully drove for five hours and thirteen minutes, a total of 100 miles, through congested traffic all while completely blindfolded. The affair was his 333rd exhibition and the longest since his sixty mile drive in Miami.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Thompson, Hayward 1927

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Thompson, Hayward
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.144535
Latitude: -118.164776
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Colorado Street Bridge (Pasadena, Calif.)
Bridges--California--Pasadena
Stunt driving--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_3798
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cpgbj
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Rights Country: US
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