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Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

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Title: Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: April 16, 1929
1929-04-16
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: Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front bi-plane at Dycer airport. On her plane is a painted sign reading "Dycer Airport Los Angeles Calif." Photo appears with the article, "Fall Kills Armless Pilot: Josephine Callaghan, Flying to Washington to Plead for License, Plunges in Texas," Los Angeles Times, 28 September 1929: A3.
Handwritten on negative: Miss Josephine Callaghan
Text from negative sleeve: Callaghan, Josephine. Armless sportswoman. Dead.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3698_G924
ark:/21198/z1nh0hhw
Language: English
Subject: Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles
Biplanes--American--California--Los Angeles
Dycer Airport (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Callaghan, Josephine Mary, 1889-1929
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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