La Salle Automobile on Train Tracks

La Salle Automobile on Train Tracks: © Key West Art & Historical Society
La Salle Automobile on Train Tracks

© Key West Art & Historical Society

Name/Title

La Salle Automobile on Train Tracks

Entry/Object ID

0000.00.0604

Description

Black and white photograph of a La Salle automobile on Florida East Coast Railway train tracks on Long Key bridge. This was a promotional stunt to showcase the new 1927 La Salle motorcar. Claude Nolan, a Jacksonville Cadillac dealer, drove from Miami to Key West over the train tracks.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Florida East Coast Railway

Collection

Florida East Coast Railway Collection (Overseas Railway Extension)

Made/Created

Date made

1927

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

10-1/8 in

Width

13 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good