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John W. Beretta and Henry B. Du Pont in front of the plane they traveled in from Detroit, Montebello, 1927

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Title: John W. Beretta and Henry B. Du Pont in front of the plane they traveled in from Detroit, Montebello, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: February 22, 1927
1927-02-22
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: Henry B. Du Pont and engineer John W. Beretta stand beside an airpolane at Vail Airport (owned and operated by Western Air Express). They traveled from Detroit to Los Angeles in a Buhl airplane in a little less than a month, experiencing no trouble save for a flat tire and some inclement weather. The trip commenced at the Western Air Express Field in Montebello. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Airplane Gets Flat Tire: Long Trip Made Without Other Mishap," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1927: A2.
Text from negative sleeve: Baretta, J. W. Flyer.
Handwritten on negative: L to R - J. W. Baretta / Henry B. Du Pont
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3692_G292
ark:/21198/z1xt1n7x
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles
Airplanes--American--California--Los Angeles County
Beretta, John W. (John Ward), 1899-1992
Du Pont, Henry Belin, 1898-1970
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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