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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 7, 1956 reads, "Dick Probert, president of Avalon Air Transport, Inc., parent company, gets congratulations from Mayor Ben Barnard of Santa Monica while Marilyn Campbell, Miss Industry; Ralph Frantz, Chamber of Commerce board executive, and George Bundy, acting city manager, share in ceremonies inaugurating daily scheduled 22-minute flights for Valleyites from Santa Monica Airport to Catalina Island. Catalina Amphibian Air Lines makes flights in their 'Amphibs,' land or sea planes."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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