Captain Walter Wanderwell and alternate chauffeur Dorothy Dawn prepare to leave Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Captain Walter Wanderwell and alternate chauffeur Dorothy Dawn prepare to leave Los Angeles, 1932

Date Created

August 10, 1932

Date

1932-08-10

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Wanderwells Plan South Seas Trip," Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug 1932: A2.
Captain Walter Wanderwell sets out to break his world record for touring. He is preparing to leave Los Angeles for a schooner trip to South Sea Isles and journey through the eleven countries not already crossed by his organization.
A crowd watches from the sidewalk. Captain Wanderwell holds the flag sticking out of the vehicle with one hand and salutes with his other arm. Dorothy Dawn stands on the other side of the vehicle making the same salute.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Schooner Voyage Next on Program Capt. Walter Wanderwell and Dorothy Dawn with car No. 4 of fleet that has taken party through many lands.
Handwritten on negative: Walter Wanderwell, Dorothy Dawn
Text from negative sleeve: WANDERWELL, WALTER MURDER CASE 1933

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Wanderwell, Walter, b. 1896 or 98-1932
Dawn, Dorothy
Wanderwell, Aloha, b. 1907

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Automobile travel--California
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Saluting--California--Los Angeles