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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of dirigible race in the Dominguez Air Meet, Dominguez Field, Los Angeles, 1910. Two football-shaped zeppelins race across the skies, flying at low altitude. Each of them has single pilots. The pilots stand on a skeletal structure consisting of metal bars that is attached to the balloon with wires. Spectators (or judges) stand below on the plain field watching the zeppelins race. Further in the sky is a hot-air balloon with the phrase "all in the Examiner" painted on it.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Aeronautics Airplanes Airplane racing Airships Dominguez Air Meet of 1910 Transportation--Air--Aviation Meets--Dominguez Air Show--1910 Airport features
Time Period
1910-01
Place
California Dominguez Hills Los Angeles USA
Source
1-102-7 [Microfiche number] 5594 [Accession number] CHS-5594 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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