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Photograph caption dated September 15, 1958 reads, "Memento of early days - Mrs. George W. Allen, who took active part in her late husband's successful efforts to blaze Pacific Coast airmail trail, shows Dixie magneto used in early planes. This was borrowed by studio for picture 'Spirit of St. Louis.' She lives in North Hollywood." See images 00156088 through 00156090 for all photos in this series.
Air mail service--United States Air pilots--United States Air pilots' spouses Husband and wife Widows Photographs Dwellings Women North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs
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