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Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Western Air Express biplane on display at an auto show, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [between February 26, 1927-March 6th, 1927]
1927-02-26/1927-03-06
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: View of a biplane in an exhibition hall. Tassels and fringe hang from the ceiling. To the upper left of the plane hangs a sign reading "Western Air Express." There are two signs on the plane itself: one on the lower left wing, reading "Souvenir California Booster Letter, Ready for Air Mail East - 10 ¢", and another on the engine body reading "Airplane Trips 2 Free." Reported in "Fourteenth Annual Automobile Show Closes Tomorrow After Record Attendance: Air Mail Campaign Success is Recognized," Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 1927: 6.
Handwritten on negative: Air mail exhibit at Auto show
Text from negative sleeve: Auto Show. 1927
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3692_G226
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Language: English
Subject: Automobile shows--California--Los Angeles
Biplanes--American--California--Los Angeles
Western Air Express Corporation
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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