Dr. Calvin B. Bridges with his newly designed automobile, Pasadena, 1936

Title: Dr. Calvin B. Bridges with his newly designed automobile, Pasadena, 1936
Date Created: April 17, 1936
Date: 1936-04-17
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Dr. Bridges stands beside his automobile resting an arm on the hood of the car positioned in front of a building that says Auto Repairing.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Crash-Proof Auto Ready," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr 1936: A2.
For two years Dr. Bridges would work for hours at the garage of 1110 North Fair Oaks Avenue on his "Lightning Bug", an automobile he claims to improve safety, economy and roadability.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4874 - Dr Calvin B Bridges of Cal-Tech and his automobile of the future 4/17/36 [stamped:] Apr 19 1936

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Bridges, Calvin Blackman, 1889-1938
California Institute of Technology
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.165099
Latitude: -118.150600
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Automobiles--American--California--Pasadena
Biologists--American--California--Pasadena

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7mmv
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