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 Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. A crop of this photograph appears with the article, "Girl Air Derby to Start Today," Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug 1929: A1. Bobbi Trout, left, and Gladys O'Donnell, right, in aviator uniforms pose for a photo in front of a monoplane. Trout and O'Donnell both participated in the inaugural Women's Air Derby from Santa Monica to Cleveland in August, 1929. O'Donnell came in second place while Trout arrived last due to engine trouble. This photograph was either taken on the day of the derby race, before take-off, or shortly before. Text from negative sleeve: Trout, Bobby Pilot, 1929 Text from newspaper caption: Gladys O'Donnell; Some of the Women's National Air Derby Entrants Who Will Hop From Santa Monica
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