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Title: First airmail out of L.A. 32 yrs. ago
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: 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
Date Created and/or Issued: 1958
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph caption dated September 15, 1958 reads, "One minute till take off - Pilot George W. Allen prepares to load sacks of first air mail abroad his plane 32 years ago as postmaster watches, center, with spectators. Huge watch around Allen's neck cost one dollar and enabled him to keep time on flight to San Francisco." See images 00156088 through 00156090 for all photos in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier: 00156090
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_ d060_ f24_ i8
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/129414
Subject: Air mail service--United States
Air pilots--United States
Postmasters--United States
Spectators
Men
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period: 1951-1960

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