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Title
Photograph taken at Oakland Airport circa May 1928, prior to first flight to Australia by Charles Kingsford-Smith [picture]
Creator
Frost, Frank E. H. (Edmund Hill) "Jack", 1879-1947
Contributor
Schlesinger, Al
Date Created and/or Issued
1928 May 31
Publication Information
Oakland Public Library
Contributing Institution
Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center
Collection
Selections from the Collections of the Oakland History Center
Rights Information
Copyrighted
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Nonexclusive reproduction rights granted to the Oakland Public Library.
Description
Title from item. The photograph shows Sir Charles E. Kingsford-Smith preparing his plan for takeoff on the first attempt to reach Australia by airplane. Donated to the Oakland History Room by Al Schlesinger, 3816 E. 14th Street, California. Negative number in Oakland History Room's collection - F-1009.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4t1nd1m9
copl_077
Neg. F-1009
Subject
Transpacific flights - Pictorial works
Air pilots - Portraits
Kingsford-Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935 - Portraits
Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works
Place
Oakland (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.

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