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Photograph caption dated June 4, 1959 reads, "Burbank to Los Angeles International Airport in just five minutes - that's the delivery route traced by Capt. H. W. Caward, Western Air Lines flight operation director. WAL's first Electra prop-jet transport went to its new home via that 18 1/2-mile route. Burt C. Monesmith, left, Lockheed vice president and California Division general manager, approves. Sharing his approval are Stanley R. Shatto, WAL president for operations, and J. Judson Taylor, vice president and treasurer of the airline."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Western Airlines Western Airlines--Employees Lockheed Corporation Lockheed Corporation--Employees Charts, diagrams, etc.--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Airplanes--United States Air travel--United States Airlines--Employees Electra (Turboprop transports) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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