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Title
Arrival of Captain Frank Hawks on nonstop flight, New York to Los Angeles, 19 hrs 10 min 32 sec, Metropolitan Airport
Creator
Dick Whittington Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
"Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
Rights Information
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
For uses other than private, contact USC Libraries Special Collections at the e-mail given
USC Libraries Special Collections
specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of group of men and women surrounding airplane at Metropolitan Airport [Van Nuys Airport], Los Angeles, CA, 1929. "Subject: Arrival of Capt[ain] Frank Hawks on nonstop flight. N[ew] Y[ork] to L[os] A[ngeles] 19 h[ou]rs 10 min[utes] 32 sec[onds], Metro[politan] Airport
Client: Hollywood Citizen
Classifications: 2 Misc[e]l[laneous]
Number of prints: 3, 1
Size: 8x10
Finish: gl[ossy]
Year: 1929
Job: 6-27-168" -- on envelope.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope
B/W Nitrate
5x7 in.
photographs
negatives
Identifier
whit-neh-11758
DW-1929-06-27-168~01...~03
http://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m13618
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/DW-1929-06-27-168~01.jpg
Subject
Hawks, Frank
Hollywood Citizen
Texaco
Men
Women
Airplanes
Automobiles
Air pilots
Time Period
1929
Place
34.209708,-118.490002
California
California, Southern
Los Angeles
USA
airport features: Metropolitan Airport
airport features: Van Nuys Airport
Source
Job 1929-006-027-168 [Identifying Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]

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