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Title
Plane leaving a smoke screen at the National Air Races at Mines Field, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a plane leaving a smoke screen at the National Air Races at Mines Field, 1929. A plane can be seen in the air at right leaving a trail of smoke behind it. Five men and women can be seen in the center foreground from behind looking up at the plane. Two planes can be seen on the ground and are obscured by the people's heads. A few trees and buildings are visible in the right background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13036
USC-2-1-1-13188 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36349
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13036
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36349.jpg
Subject
Aeronautics
Aircraft industry
Airplanes
Airplane racing
Mines Field
Los Angeles Airport
Transportation--Air--Aviation Meets
Airport features
Time Period
1929
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
36349 [Accession number]
CHS-36349 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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