Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
Identifier
39222001353072
Photo Number
24326
Publisher
Utah State Historical Society
Date of photograph
19 April 1905
Date.original
1905-04-19
Subject
Automobile racing -- Utah -- Bonneville Salt Flats; Racing automobiles; Mayors
Person
Jenkins, Ab; Eyston, George
Geopolitical place
Utah
Comment
Ab Jenkins (left) is standing for a photograph with Captain George Eyston. Eyston was another racer who held a variety of land speed records. 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.use
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