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Title
Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson of Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1920s
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1920-1930]
1920/1930
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson aboard the Western Air Express airplane. Assistant postmaster J.F. Bourne and an unidentified man are standing on the side of the plane, and the man on the right is handing Jimmy some papers.
Text from negative sleeve: Carson, Jimmy. Pilot.
Handwritten on negative: Chas A. Cooke / asst Postmaster Bourne / Pilot Jimmy Carson
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3698_G965
ark:/21198/z10k82gw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Postmasters--California--Los Angeles
Air pilots--American--California
Air mail service--California--Los Angeles
Bourne, J. F
Carson, James W., 1893-1979
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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