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Title: Official opening and dedication of United Airport, Burbank. May 30, 1930
Creator: Huddleston, F. M
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930-05-30
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: A slightly elevated panoramic view of United Airport in Burbank on the day of its official opening and dedication. The Spanish style terminal building is in the center, with the Pacific Air Transport building on the right and a hangar on the left. Parked automobiles stretch across the foreground and into the distance on the right. There are rows of airplanes parked on the runways beyond the terminal building, as well as the Good Year blimp. The finding aid describes the airplanes as "military airplanes". Writing in white in the bottom right corner reads "Photo by ; F.M. Huddleston ; Official Opening & Dedication ; of ; United Airport. May 30, 1930."
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Extent: 26 x 166 cm (10 x 65 in)
Identifier: 167783
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/4455
Subject: Airports--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Airplanes--California--Photographs
Hangars
Airships--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) (lctgm)
Events--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) (lctgm)
Automobiles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) (lctgm)
Panoramas--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)--Photographs
Negatives. (aat)
Place: Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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