Ab Jenkins in the Novi "Mobil Special" racing vehicle with a group of men standing around it on the Bonneville Salt Flats Raceway in the late 1940s. [2]

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Title Ab Jenkins in the Novi "Mobil Special" racing vehicle with a group of men standing around it on the Bonneville Salt Flats Raceway in the late 1940s. [2]
Photo Number P0790n6_13_04
Description Photo of Ab Jenkins in the Novi "Mobil Special" shaking hands with an unidentified man (possibly Lewis Welch, owner of the Novi) on the Bonneville Salt Flats in the late 1940s. The man standing to Welch's right is Bud Winfield, designer of the Novi, the man behind Winfield's shoulder is Radio Gardner, and the man to the far right is Frank Lehew from Champion Spark Plugs
Creator Shipler Commercial Photographers
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949
Textual Date 1930s-1940s
Keywords Utah; Sports; Auto racing; Automobiles; Racing cars; Race tracks; Speed records; Men; Race car drivers; Mobil Special; Bonneville Salt Flats; Mobil Corporation; Novi automobile; Firestone tires; Sunglasses; Hats; Pavilions
Subject Jenkins, Ab, 1883-1956--Photographs; Welch, Lewis; Winfield, Bud; Gardner, Radio; Lehew, Frank; Automobiles, Racing--Utah--Bonneville Salt Flats--Photographs; Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah); Bonneville Salt Flats Race, Utah--Photographs; Automobile racing--Utah--1940-1950--Photographs; Automobiles, Racing--Speed records--History; Antique and classic cars--Photographs; Novi automobile--1940-1950--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Utah; Tooele County (Utah); Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)
Latitude 40.80771 -113.81528
Additional Information See Manuscripts
Collection Number and Name P0790 Shipler Studio Photograph Collection
Collection Name Shipler Studio
Original Source N/A
Donated By/Purchased From Donated by and purchased from various dealers.
Rights This material is protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6fr0j4j
Setname uum_map
ID 958423
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fr0j4j
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