(AUTOMOTIVE) Photographs of an early car rally from Los Ange

Sale 2420 - Lot 60

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(AUTOMOTIVE.) Photographs of an early car rally from Los Angeles to Yosemite Park. 13 photographs, each 11 x 14 inches, some with Los Angeles backstamps of Stagg or the Black-D Photo Service, most captioned on verso in pencil; some with marginal tears slightly affecting the images, 4 heavily creased. [California, May 1920]

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This "economy run" was sponsored by AAA as a test of fuel economy. The trophy went not to the fastest, but to the driver who completed the route in the appointed time with the minimum consumption of fuel. This explains strange captions like "The chief judge is pouring in the gasoline while the Mayor of Fresno is checking the operation."