Image / Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson of Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1920s

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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.
Handwritten on negative: Chas A Cook / Pilot Jimmy Carson / Bourne / asst Postmaster
Text from negative sleeve: Carson, Jimmy. Pilot.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3698_G963
ark:/21198/z1839jw3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Postmasters--California--Los Angeles
Air pilots--American--California
Air mail service--California--Los Angeles
Carson, James W., 1893-1979
Bourne, J. F
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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