Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
IN2019.61.229.13 |
Object Name |
Photograph, Color |
Description |
Color. Blue swamp buggy with yellow rims named "FLYING SAUCER" on display at the Collier Museum at Government Center. Historic cottage in background. This buggy was built by Robert L. Walker in 1951-2 specifically for racing. R.L. Walker was the Swamp Buggy King in 1952 and 1953 and rode Flying Saucer with Sam Snell in the Swamp Buggy Parades of 1952, 1953 and 954. The Flying Saucer also appeared in the National Parade of the American Legion in Sarasota as well as the Edison Pageant of Light Parade in Ft. Myers. In 1974, singers Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence rode the Flying Saucer in a Miami parade televised on the Mike Douglas Show. |
Date |
October 1998 |
Year Range from |
1998 |
Title |
Swamp Buggy Exhibit |
Accession number |
IN2019.61 |