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John Cobb's Railton automobile at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Cobb drives his vehicle, with the Gilmore Oil Company lion logo painted on the front, across the salt flats in an attempt to break the land speed record.
photCL Whitt 2757 ; Whitt neg. 2696
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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
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John Cobb stands in the driver's hatch of his Railton automobile at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Cobb, who is wearing goggles, a cap, and a boilersuit, or coveralls, with the Gilmore Oil Company lion logo on the left breast, looks off into the distance while another man speaks into a microphone being held in front of him. A crowd watches in the background.
photCL Whitt 2760 ; Whitt neg. 2699
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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
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Observers leave the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah where they have been watching John Cobb break the land speed record. Men and women return to their cars and buses to join the large number of cars already driving away across the salt flats.
photCL Whitt 2761 ; Whitt neg. 2700
