went from Jugoslavia to Greece, Turkey then Israel, Iraq, Bagdad then by sea to Mexico, Canada and New York. While in Jugoslavia he spent five days in jail for taking pictures of a kholkoz. He was also imprisoned in Bagdad for photographing veiled women.” Brunelat is shown astride his battered Lambretta LD 150. $40.00 No. 12 13. “And Away He Goes -- To Chile” Press Photo. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Times, July 1, 1962. Press photo, 21.5cm by 16.5cm. Very good with agency stamps, pen notes and captions affixed to verso. Image taken by staff photographer Bruse Tibbo. The caption reads: “Jim Owen, second from left, visited St. Petersburg yesterday and is expected to stay here today. Owen, 22, is on his way to Chile via Mexico and the Pan American Highway to marry Miss Ximina Villarroel, of Santiago. She was an exchange student he met at a northern college and later wooed by writing love poems she had translated into Spanish. Escorting him part way are Vespa scooter club members from Venice, from left, Bob Ver Pault, Paul Job, and Rupe Brown.” All four appear to be riding Vespa’s GS, though it’s hard to tell the exact model. $30.00 14. “Bill Hurst, The Scooter-Riding Nightclub Operator” Press Photos. Two press photos from the St. Petersburg Times (Florida). Included are: June 27, 1963, by staff photographer Weaver Tripp, 20.5cm by 25.5cm. Good with crop marks and photographer’s stamp on the front, and pen and wax pencil notes and taped-on caption on verso: “Bill Hurst, the scooter-riding nightclub operator, rolls his scooter out of a repair shop on Central Avenue bound for Mexico. All the gear he is taking is stowed in the bags on the leg-shield;” and September 26, 1963, by staff photographer Dan Hightower, 20.5cm by 25.5cm. Very good with pen and pencil notes and taped-on caption on verso: “ECONOMY TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES … is planned by Bill Hurst who’s traveling via motor scooter on a low, low budget plan.” Both images show Hurst on a Vespa (model unknown). $50.00/Both No. 13 15. “Free Wheeling” Press Photo. New York: United Press International, July 1, 1959. Press photo, 18cm by 23cm. Very good with light rippling along the bottom, press agency stamp and gluedand taped-on caption on verso: “Free Wheeling. New York: Zigging and zagging her way across town, pretty publicist Irene Brooks maneuvers her motor scooter through traffic in New York City. Miss Brooks, who has to call on clients in all sections of the city, finds the trim scooter just what the doctor ordered in getting places in a hurry.” Under that wide-brimmed hat is a Vespa 150. $50.00 No. 14 No. 14 16. “Modern Charioteers” Press Photo. New York: United Press
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