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Description
Titles handwritten on verso of images in error identify the flyers as part of Dole Race. View 1 (2012-1029). Emory Bronte who flew with Ernie Smith in 1928 to Hawaii in the Dole Race -- view 2 (2012-1030). Ernest Smith and Emory Bronte first civilians to fly from mainland, crashing on Molokia, July '27. Shows plane and flight crew -- view 3 (2012-1031). Erne Smith "The City of Oakland", 1928 - he piloted it the Hawaiian Islands in the Dole Race. Shows night scene, plane being christened by lady -- view 4 (2012-1032). Ernie Smith, Bronte, 1928 as entered in Dole Race to Hawaii. Shows two on ground in uninflated life raft -- view 5 (2012-1033). Ernie Smith, City of Oakland, 1928, "Dole Race". Ernest L. Smith and Emory Bronte flew a Travel Air 5000 high-winged monoplane, City of Oakland, from Bay Farm Island, San Francisco to Molokai in July of 1927, just prior to the Dole Race. Became the first civilians to make the flight.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
5 photographic prints ; 8 x 10 in.
Identifier
(C)001472759CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Smith, Ernest L.--Photographs Bronte, Emory--Photographs Air pilots--California--San Francisco Monoplanes--California--San Francisco Airports--California--San Francisco Lifeboats--California--San Francisco San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Night photographs
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