| Title |
Ab Jenkins |
| Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
| File Name |
39222001353064 |
| Photo Number |
23958 |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
4 July 1951 |
| Date |
1951-07-04 |
| Subject |
Automobile racing -- Utah -- Bonneville Salt Flats; Racing automobiles; Mayors; Children; Coaster cars |
| Person |
Jenkins, Ab |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah |
| Comment |
Ab Jenkins officiated a Soap Box Derby in 1951. Ab Jenkins (right) and Mr. Wilkinson of the Wilkinson Motor Company on Social Hall Avenue, are standing with a new 1936 Cord Automobile. Ab Jenkins set numerous automobile speed records on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats between 1932 and 1956, drove the Mormon Meteor III, and served as mayor of Salt Lake City from 1940-1943. |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image (c) 2004 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photo Collection, 921 Biography |
| Source Format |
Paper print |
| Source Size |
10 inches x 8 inches |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Image scanned on Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner at TIFF: 800 ppi resolution and 8-bit grayscale. Dimensions are JPEG: 700 x 556 pixels. |
| Scanned By |
Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s62r4041 |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
431719 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62r4041 |
