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Title: Automotive Photograph Collection
Dates: 1904-1976
Collection Number: P-278
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Extent: (Boxes:1 letter; 3 1/2 letter, 1 flat)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: An artificial collection of small, individual automotive-related photograph collections. 1904 - 1976, undated.
Language of Material: English
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Automotive Photograph Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scope and Content of Collection
An artificial collection of small, individual automotive-related photograph collections. Topics include Earl Cooper's racing
activities primarily in his Stutz #8, although there are photos of other race cars that he and others raced. Cooper donated
the Stutz to the museum in 1935, and there are photographs commemorating the donation and the car on display in the museum.
Other photographs pertain to automobile makers Earle C. Anthony and Homer Laughlin. There are photos of the BMW 507 of Raymond
Loewy, its construction in 1957 and the subsequent donation of the automobile to the museum's collection. There are also photos
of vehicles used by Warner Bros. movie studios. 1904 - 1976, undated.
Automobile racing.
Loewy, Raymond, 1893-1986
Anthony, Earle C.
Winton Engine Corporation