Seven men, identified as the "old gang", stand next to a plane at the Lockheed plant in Hollywood. From left to right: Frank Crane, Jimmy Gerschler, Dan Egger, Jerry Vultee, Dick Von Hake and Vard Wallace. Originally called the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company, Lockheed was founded in 1912 by brothers Malcolm and Allan Loughead. Its next incarnation was Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company and was located in Santa Barbara. In 1926, following the failure of Loughead, Allan Loughead formed the Lockheed Aircraft Company in Hollywood. The Great Depression greatly changed the aircraft industry and in 1934, Robert E. Gross was named chairman of the new company, the Lockheed Corporation, which had relocated to Union Airport (Bob Hope Airport) in Burbank, California. Photo dated: November 30, 1928.
Crane, Frank Gerschler, James Egger, Dan Vultee, Jerry,--1900-1938 Von Hake, Richard Wallace, Vard Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Lockheed aircraft Aircraft industry--California--Los Angeles Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Group portraits Portrait photographs Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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