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Title
Commander Richard E. Byrd's plane, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
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
Commander Richard E. Byrd's plane that was used during his arctic exploration, the Fokker Super Universal.
Text from negative sleeve: Byrd, Richard E. (map & plane).
Handwritten on negative: Byrd Polar Plane (in L.A.)
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3695_G675
ark:/21198/z1gz04cg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Discovery & exploration--American--California--Los Angeles
Aircraft--American--California--Los Angeles
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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