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Greeted by Walter Carson (extreme right) of United Airlines, Abelardo Luis Rodriquez (son of General Rodriguez, former president of Mexico) arrives at Santa Catalina's airport-in-the-sky, with his fiancee Lucille Bremer (motion picture actress) and bridal party, Dr. Lee Siegel and wife (nee Noreen Mason, actress). The bridal party transferred from airplane to jeep and careened down a steep mountainside to Charlie Farrell's Toyon Bay resort where they were married by Justice of the Peace, Ernest Windle of Avalon. Left to right, Dr. Lee Siegel and Mrs. Siegel, Lucille Bremer, Rodriguez, Walter Carson. Photograph dated August 6, 1948.
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Rodri´guez, Abelardo L.--(Abelardo Luja´n),--1889-1967--Family Bremer, Lucille,--1917-1996 Air travel--California--Santa Catalina Island Airplanes--California--Santa Catalina Island Airports--California--Santa Catalina Island Men--California--Santa Catalina Island Handshaking--California--Santa Catalina Island Actresses--United States Air pilots--Mexico Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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