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Leon J. Pinkson automobile photographs and miscellany, 1878-1967.
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Title:
Leon J. Pinkson automobile photographs and miscellany, 1878-1967Pinkson
Abstract:
Photographs and ephemera relating to Leon J. Pinkson and automobile travel in California. The photos include views of the
1912 automobile excursion to the Yosemite Valley, and the 1913 Indiana Automobile Manufacturers Association tour from Indiana
to the Pacific.
Date:
1878 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPinkson, Leon J
Indiana Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Automobiles -- California
Coulterville (Calif.)
Tahoe, Lake, Watershed (Calif. and Nev.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Note:
Leon J. Pinkson (1878-1967) began his career at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1893 as a receptionist, and by 1909 was the
newspaper's automobile editor, a position he held into the 1950s. In 1923 he was elected president of the Press Club in San
Francisco. In 1912 Pinkson lobbied for automoble access to the Yosemite Valley and drove the Big Oak Flat Route. The following
year he accompanied the Indiana Automobile Manufacturers Association automobile tour from Indiana to the Pacific. In 1923
Pinkson advocated for a second highway from San Francisco down the peninsula (which became the Bayshore Highway), and during
World War II was involved in the new Union Square parking garage.
Pinkson.
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Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
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print
1 manuscript box; 15 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 3 in.
Language:
English
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Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.