Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
1 image. Warren Hillman -- 18 years (with balloon which he designed and announced he would fly against warning from Civil Aaeronautics Administration), 30 March 1957. Duncan Vanderbilt (Pumping air). Supplementary material reads: "Warren Hilman, 18, of Santa Ana (left) operates valve on his red nylon balloon, which he designed and announced he would fly Sunday, March 31, against warning of CAA. He planned to make parachute jump at 10,000 feet. With him is Duncan "Bud" Vanderbilt, Anaheim, pumping air from a vacuum cleaner to test for leakage".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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