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Title
1955 California Model Airplane Championship scrapbook & photo album
Creator
Exchange Club of San Jose
Date Created and/or Issued
1955/ /
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Scrapbook/photo album created by the Exchange Club of San Jose, documenting the 1955 California Model Airplane Championships held at Moffett Field U.S. Naval Air Station. The event was held May 21 and 22, 1955, sponsored by the California State Exchange Clubs, presented by Exchange Club of San Jose in coordination with U.S. Navy. Sanctioned by the Academy of Model Aeronautics. At the time, John Keddy was President of the Exchange Club of San Jose. One of 15 scrapbooks created by the Exchange Club of San Jose documenting the organization's community service projects in the 1950s.
Type
image
Identifier
4F49A83A-FFDB-4FF7-A354-478973680638
2021-13-1
Subject
Nineteen fifties (LCSH)
Model airplanes
Meetings
Moffett Naval Air Station (Calif. )
Children
United States. Navy
Tournaments
Keddy, John
Legg, Bert
Watson, Paul W
Normandin, Clair
Bolser, Gordon E
Morrison, J. A
Merwin, J. A
Fox, C. C
Writt, W. W
Wright, W. G
Dower, W. D
Herr, G. M
Brueffy, M
Montgomery, Lawrence
Robbers, Harvey
Robbers, Myrtle B
Branch, Ira
Phillips, Hollis
McKown, Lee
Tatone, John
Hoffman, Robert
Lavette, Joe
Nelson, David
Ekstein, Gale
Christofersen, Keith
Andrade, Manual
Cover, Hal
Harmon, Ralph
Spears, J. William

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