Louis B. Miller completes transcontinental drive to Los Angeles, 1927

Title: Louis B. Miller completes transcontinental drive to Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created: [circa June, 1927]
Date: 1927-06
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Miller poses in his car, which is covered in mud and dust from the road. The side of the car reads “San Francisco to New York in 83 hrs 12 min Total Elapsed Time.”
Louis B. Miller drove from San Francisco to New York and from New York to Los Angeles in the summer of 1927 in a record-breaking transcontinental automobile trip. He drove a Chrysler Imperial “80” phaeton.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Miller, Louis B. Auto Driver 1927 [handwritten:] Old Automobile
Handwritten on negative: Louis B. Miller

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6621
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cwvxb
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Rights Country: US
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