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Title
"Woolaroc" at Mines Field
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
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.
Description
People take a look at Art Goebel's "Woolaroc" plane on display at Mines Field in Westchester a couple of days after the 1928 National Air Races. When Goebel flew the "Woolaroc," he was 31 years old and belonged to the "Thirteen Black Cats of Hollywood," movie stunt fliers who charged $80 for a parachute jump and $15,000 for blowing up a ship in mid-air. Photo dated: August 18, 1928.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00069763
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Transportation-Aviation-Airplanes.
CARL0000073626
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/110423
Subject
Mines Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Airplanes--California--Los Angeles
Airports--California--Los Angeles
Goebel, Arthur Cornelius,1895-1973
Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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