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China Seas Liner print 2
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Creator (cre): Robert Cumming
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Robert Cumming, China Seas Liner print 2, October 1972 (M/T 020.10.31) |
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Black and white print of a boat-shaped but street-legal vehicle owned by John Sullivan in Inglewood, California with handwritten text and Lure of the Sea stamped on back, along with a taped note including two paragraphs of typed text describing how Sullivan came to own the vehicle. Transcription: "John Sullivan bought The China Seas liner/vehicle
a couple years ago from a gas station in Huntington Beach.
The gas station got it in a trade for the installation of
a new transmission in a '63 Pontiac with the owner's
daughter. Her Father was the one to christen it the
China Seas after his Chinese Restaurant in Pomona. When
he died, the daughter inherited it and eventually made
the trade for the '63 Pontiac transmission. Before all
that, it belonged to a man in Venice who ran it in parades
occasionally. He got it from the builder, of whom little
is known, except that he built it on a truck chassis be-
tween 1935 and 1947.
When John Sullivan got it from the gas station, he
had to get extensive brake work done on it to qualify for
California registration. It has better brakes now, the
original 1935 engine, and is a registered motor vehicle.
The inside is padded with couches and rugs, is fitted out
with the nautical accessories, much like a camper. John said
that he once drove it up to San Francisco and back. When
the photo was taken, John was selling it for $800.
"Lure of the Sea", Inglewood, Calif., October 29, 1972." |
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Local Identifier
MT_020_10_31
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Photography
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Sculpture/installation/object
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Hierarchical Geographic Subject
North America
United States
California
Inglewood
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