Auto racing in Utah: the Gary Dean Brown Collection [486]

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Title Auto racing in Utah: the Gary Dean Brown Collection [486]
Photo Number p1238n01_02_348
Description Color photo of a black 1930s era automobile that has been restored and modified, including a colorful flame design, parked on the salt flats at the Bonneville Speedway in Utah in 2003. A few street vehicles are parked nearby; a white portable canopy provides shade for a race car parked in the near background. The Silver Island Mountains can be seen in the background.
Creator Brown, Gary Dean
Date 2003
Keywords Antique and classic cars--Photographs
Subject Automobiles, Racing--Utah--Bonneville Salt Flats--Photographs; Antique and classic cars--Photographs; Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Bonneville Racetrack (Utah); Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah); Tooele County (Utah)
Latitude 40.807778
Longitude -113.815278
Additional Information Collection contains photographs of various models of racing cars and their owners and drivers in Utah associated with the Salt Lake Valley Racing Association. Some of them are shown in the Rose Park neighborhood where Gary Dean Brown lived; and many of them were taken at the Bonneville Salt Flats raceway east of Wendover, Utah, where many land speed records were broken. There are also photos taken at race tracks elsewhere in the country where Gary Dean Brown worked, including Indianapolis and Phoenix
Collection Number and Name P1238 Gary Dean Brown Photograph Collection
Collection Name Gary Dean Brown
Donated By/Purchased From Donated by Gary Dean Brown.
Rights
Type Image/StillImage
ARK ark:/87278/s62n5swr
Setname uum_map
ID 985108
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62n5swr
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