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Title
Manual Arts-bought airplane
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1940
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
An airplane with four propellers presumably bought by Manual Arts High School students. It was named "Spirit of Manual Arts." The students raised $750,000 in war bonds during the 1943-44 school year, which purchased two planes for use in World War II.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00026348
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Schools-Manual Arts High School.; A-003-838.22 4x5
CARL0000029942
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/93761
Subject
Manual Arts High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Schools--California--Los Angeles
Airplanes
World War, 1939-1945

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