Title:

Jack Benny riding in 1906 Maxwell Automobile in Anaheim Civic Progress Week Parade. [graphic]

Digital Anaheim.

Description:

View of Jack Benny, on his first visit to Anaheim, riding with Santa Ana Superior Court Judge Raymond H. Thompson in a 1906 Maxwell automobile (with sign proclaiming "Jack Benny's Maxwell" in front window) along the parade route for Anaheim's "Civic Progress Week" celebration; route started at Palm and Center Streets (now Harbor and Lincoln Blvds.) and ended at the Elks Club (423 N. Los Angeles Street, now Anaheim Blvd.); boy in foreground identified as six-year-old David Faessel and boy on bike at far right as Vincent Flynn.

Date:

April 21, 1947 (issued)

Contributing Institution:

Anaheim Public Library