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Title
Plaque honors Admiral Byrd
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
1957
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 caption dated July 1, 1957 reads, "Plaque marking 30th anniversary of Byrd's trans-atlantic flight in the 'America' is unveiled in Portal of Folded Wings, Valhalla Memorial Park, Burbank. Left to right are Amy Breyer, Mrs. Robert G. Breyer, admiral's daughter, Bobby Breyer, and Vice Adm. Howard F. Kingman, former classmate of Byrd."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 15 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00138216
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d045_f35_i16
CARL0005683282
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/67878
Subject
Byrd, Richard Evelyn,--1888-1957
Byrd, Richard Evelyn,--1888-1957--Family
United States.--Navy--Aviation
Valhalla Memorial Park (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Plaques, plaquettes--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Dedications--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Cemeteries--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Memorials--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Wreaths--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Women--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Girls--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Boys--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Armed Forces--Officers
Anniversaries
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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