Image / Parachutist John Tranum prepares for a jump, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Parachutist John Tranum prepares for a jump, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa January, 1928]
1928-01
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Jumper To Try Again For Record," Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan 1928: A12.
Tranum poses for a photograph in front of an airplane. He is wearing his parachute on his back and hat and goggles on his head.
Text from negative sleeve: Tranum, John Parachutist, 1928
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3958
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Airplanes--American
Parachutists--California--Los Angeles
Tranum, John
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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