Ken Eacrett driving his solar-powered three wheel car on Santa Monica Pier, Calif., 1979

Item Overview

Title: Ken Eacrett driving his solar-powered three wheel car on Santa Monica Pier, Calif., 1979
Photographer: Murphy, William S.
Date Created: July 22, 1979
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Notes

Caption: OFF AND RUNNING--Ken Eacrett, 41, and his solar-powered car depart from Santa Monica Pier, starting a cross-country trip due to end in Washington Sept. 21. Car draws energy from sun through solar panel on top of vehicle speed is about 25 m.p.h.

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Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 35 mm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Subjects: Science
Roller skating
People
Environment
Solar cars--California--1970-1980
Transportation
Location: Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Longitude: 34.008976
Latitude: -118.497452
Resource type: still image

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclalat_1429_b1083_290148
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002r5xd
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