Touring Topics, April 1927

Name/Title

Touring Topics, April 1927

Entry/Object ID

2026.005.008

Description

April 1927 issue of Touring Topics, identified on the cover as “A Magazine for Automobile Owners.” The contents page lists articles including “The Christening of Virginia City” by D. R. Lane; “When the Camel Corps Came to Los Angeles” by Rose L. Ellerbe; “Yosemite–Sequoia Road Near Reality” by Floyd Byrnes; “The Trend of Motor Vehicle Legislation” by J. Allen Davis; and additional features on herpetology, phantom mining cities, and Baja California. A pictorial section titled “The Diegueño Indians of Today” includes photographs of individuals identified as members of Campo, Inaja, Mesa Grande, and Laguna communities, with descriptive captions. The issue contains commercial advertisements, including Cycol motor oils, Quaker State motor oil, Panama Pacific Line travel, Cameo porcelain enamel signs, spare tire locks, and a full-page Rancho Santa Fe advertisement addressed to L. G. Sinnard, Manager, San Diego County, California. A final page includes a Zerolene motor oil advertisement issued by the Standard Oil Company of California.

Collection

Rancho Santa Fe Advertisments, Rancho Santa Fe Books

Dimensions

Dimension Description

12 x 9 inch

Book Details

Publisher

Automobile Club of Southern California

Date Published

Apr 1927

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Standard Oil Company of California

Person or Organization

Santa Fe Land Improvement Company

Person or Organization

Sinnard, Leone.G.

Person or Organization

Automobile Club of Southern California