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Service truck in garage, Beverly Hills. 1930

Description: A service truck of the Maddux company is parked in a large, high-ceilinged garage. There are several automobiles against the far wall being looked at by men in white coveralls. One such man is kneeling by the front passenger tire of the service truck. Lettering on the side of the truck reads "Lincoln" and "Maddux Inc. 9230 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills CR-4131".
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1930
Call number: photCL Whitt 2513 ; Whitt neg. 2527
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Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale. 1930

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A view of the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service at the Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale. The Curtiss-Wright hangar is adjacent to hangars for Pickwick, T.A.T.-Maddux Air Lines, and visiting ships.

photCL Whitt 2856 ; Whitt neg. 2796

string of five dolly trailers (?) hooked to truck at main garage

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string of five dolly trailers (?) hooked to truck at main garage

photCL SCE 05 - 54032

Maddux Air Lines planes in a hangar. approximately 1929

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A panoramic view of at least six airplanes in a hangar at an unknown location. The planes belong to the fleet of Maddux Air Lines. Workers in white coveralls stand near the nearest plane, while four men in suits mill around the hangar.

photCL Whitt 3104

Service bike, India Tire Store. 1929

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A young man in white coveralls sits on an Indian motorcycle, a service bike for Nelson & Price India tires. The motorcycle has two spare tires stored behind the back tire. The motorcycle is parked on the street outside of a building with columns and broad steps leading up to the entrance.

photCL Whitt 2699 ; Whitt neg. 2435

John Cobb, land speed record, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 1939

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John Cobb and a group of men stand around his Railton automobile at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Cobb, dressed in a boilersuit or coveralls, stands on the left with two other men. A truck and sign are in the background for Gilmore Oil Company, and the company's lion logo is painted on the front of the Railton.

photCL Whitt 2756 ; Whitt neg. 2695

John Cobb, land speed record, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 1939

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John Cobb speaks into a standing microphone at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Three men stand around Cobb, who is wearing goggles, a cap, and a boilersuit, or coveralls, with the Gilmore Oil Company lion logo on the left breast. There is a crowd of people in the background, as well as a Dick Whittington photography truck.

photCL Whitt 2759 ; Whitt neg. 2698

Service truck in garage, Beverly Hills. 1930

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