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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A different photograph of the same event appears with the article, "GIANT AIRLINER IN DEBUT: City of Los Angeles Dashes to Bay City on First Run After Christening Ceremonies," Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 1933: A1 A photograph of Barbara Douglas christening the same aircraft appears with the caption, "Daughter of Ship's Builder Dedicating It Barbara Dean [sic] Douglas, 9-year-old daughter of Donald Douglas, builder of ship, christening City of Los Angeles at public dedication ceremonies yesterday at Grand Central air terminal," Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 1933: A2 A large crowd of people attends the dedication of the TWA aircraft, City of Los Angeles, at Glendale's Grand Central Air Terminal. The camera views them from a slightly elevated perspective. The crowd spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back into the distance at center and right. In the near distance, the City of Los Angeles, sits in partial view, entering frame from the left and facing right. The plane is viewed from the side with its nose angling upward. Text printed on the nose of the plane reads, "TWA U.S.MAIL A.M.34." Some of the crowd stands beneath the front of the plane. In the near distance at right, an elevated platform sits above the crowd and beneath the nose of the plane. Men in suits mill about the platform. Beyond the aircraft, the airport's runway extends into the distance at center. Text from negative sleeve: TRANS WORLD AIR LINES, PLANE CHRISTENING
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3943 ark:/21198/zz002cpnbz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crowds--California--Glendale Aircraft--American--California--Glendale Dedications--California--Glendale Grand Central Air Terminal (Glendale, Calif.) Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
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