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2022 - Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation at Valhalla Memorial Park, West Facing Side of Structure

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Title: 2022 - Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation at Valhalla Memorial Park, West Facing Side of Structure
Contributor: C. Alves (Photographer)
Date Created and/or Issued: 2022
Contributing Institution: Burbank Public Library
Collection: Around Burbank: Businesses, Homes, and Streets
Rights Information: Burbank Public Library, Burbank in Focus Office
Description: This 75-foot tall shrine to aviators was built in 1924 and dedicated to honor dead American Aviators on the 50th anniversary of powered flight, December 17, 1953. Cremated remains of many famous flyers are interred here, along with cenotaph name plaques for other aviators such as Amelia Earhart.
Type: Image
Format: nonprojected graphic
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Identifier: islandora:3088
local: bd00239
Subject: Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Cemeteries--Historic Structures--Cenotaphs--Columbariums--Memorials--2020s
Relation: Born Digital - Burbank Public Library

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