West Valley's flying teacher set for July 4 annual event
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph included in the Exhibit: Defining Their Identity: The Changing Roles of Women in the Post-War Era as Documented by the Valley Times Newspaper. Photograph caption dated May 29, 1958 reads, "Teacher pre-flights plane - Jan Wood, flying school teacher from Birmingham High School, tests her small Cessna 170 she will fly in annual 'Powder Puff Derby' July 4. With her is "Cindy," who started out at Miss Wood's co-pilot when she attempted to circle globe last year in same plane."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Air pilots--United States Women air pilots--United States Women teachers--California--Los Angeles Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Dog owners--California--Los Angeles Dogs--California--Los Angeles Cessna aircraft Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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