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Title: Guatemalan contestants at dedication of the Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: February 23, 1929
1929-02-23
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 Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description: Beauty contestants representing Guatemala ride in a cart hauled by two oxen at dedication of the Grand Central Air Terminal. The event is reported in "AIRPORT EVENT SET FOR TODAY: Glendale Field Dedication Will be Gala Affair Governor Due to Officiate at Formal Ceremony Stunts and Array of Notables to Feature Occasion," Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 1929: A3.
Text from negative sleeve: Pickwick Airways.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3723_G3908
ark:/21198/zz0002pmqp
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Dedications--California--Glendale
Guatemalan Americans--California--Glendale
Beauty contestants--California--Glendale
Spectators--California--Glendale
Airports--California--Glendale
Grand Central Air Terminal (Glendale, Calif.)
Pickwick Airways
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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