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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 23, 1959 reads, "Two Valley pilots who will enter All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race July 4-8 check oil in Cessna 182 Skylane before takeoff. Mrs. Audrey Schutte, left, co-pilot and Mrs. Lois Zdenek, pilot, leave today from Van Nuys Airport for Lawrence, Mass., where they will start 2,470-mile race to Spokane, Wash., July 4."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Van Nuys Airport Air pilots--United States Women air pilots--United States Women--California--Los Angeles Airplanes--California--Los Angeles--Maintenance and repair Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Cessna aircraft Cessna 182 (Private plane) Airports--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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