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Title
Pilot George K. Rice in front of his plane, the Western Air Express, California, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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
Pilot George K. Rice in front of the Western Air Express. Pilot Rice sighted a Transcontinental Air Transport liner crash, killing three. Photo appears with the article "PILOT DEFENDED BY RICE: Flyer Who Found T. A. T. Wreck Denies Plane Took off in Defiance of Weather Warning," Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 1929: 8.
Handwritten on negative: George Rice
Text from negative sleeve: Rice, George K. Pilot.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3725_G4174
ark:/21198/z1jq6szf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Airplanes--American--California
Air pilots--American--California
Aircraft accidents--California
Rice, George Kenneth, 1897-1963
Transcontinental Air Transport
Western Air Express Corporation
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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