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Title
Van Nuys girl CAP pilot on round-the-world flight
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated February 27, 1956 reads, "Last minute check up - Jan Wood checks engine of her Cessna 170 as she readies to leave on her round-the world flight. Young Birmingham High School physical education teacher will spend s abbatical [sic] leave circling globe with dog as co-pilot in light airplane."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00108720
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d008_f6_i5
CARL0005223334
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/44531
Subject
Women air pilots--United States
Teachers--California--Los Angeles
Women teachers--California--Los Angeles
Flights around the world
Airplanes--California--Los Angeles
Valley Times Collection photographs

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