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Title: Flying boat at rest in Avalon Harbor
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator: Paulson, Larry
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: 1962
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 reads, "A thrilling ride and a damp, damp landing." Seen in the photograph is a 50-passenger, four-engine Sikorsky VS-44-A Flying Boat, part of the Avalon Air Transport fleet of amphibian planes flying passengers to and from Long Beach and Avalon Harbor.; See images #00117681 through #00117684 for all photos in this series published in the weekend issue dated July 22, 1962.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00117683
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d021_f11_i16
CARL0005357961
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/51638
Subject: Avalon Air Transport, Inc
Airlines--California--Avalon
Airplanes--California--Avalon
Amphibian planes
Sikorsky aircraft
Harbors--California--Avalon
Piers--California--Avalon
Boats and boating--California--Avalon
Dwellings--California--Avalon
Buildings--California--Avalon
Mountains--California, Southern
Islands--California, Southern
Pacific Ocean
Avalon (Calif.)
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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