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Description
Plates in: California aeronautics photograph album : Dole Race and others, pg. 40. View of Golden Eagle monoplane on airfield. In background is fueling truck with sign reading Red Crown Gasoline. Billboard in front of truck reads "Lindberg used Red Crown Aviation Gasoline". James D. Dole put up prize money for first planes to cross from the mainland to Honolulu. On Aug. 26th, 1927, eight planes (Dolebirds) left Oakland for what became the Dole Air Race – Golden Eagle, Aloha, Woolaroc, Miss Doran, Oklahoma, Dallas Spirit, El Encanto, Pabco Flyer. 2009-0694.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 3 7/8 x 7 in.
Identifier
(C)001414088CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Dole Air Race--Photographs Airplane racing--California--Oakland Monoplanes--California--Oakland Airports--California--Oakland Oakland (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums
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