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. Mary Tusch is a plump woman in her 50s wearing a boutonniere, glasses, and a beaded necklace. Mrs. Mary Tusch of Berkeley has attended almost every major aviation event at the Los Angeles Municipal Airport and is so recognized among the pilots that they affectionately refer to her as their mother, being away from their biological mothers. Photograph appears with the article, " 'Mother' of all Pilots Visits Air Races Here," Los Angeles Times, 03 July 1933: A2. Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. C. A. (Mother) Tusch Text from negative sleeve: TUSCH, C.A. MRS. AVIATRIX, 1933 Handwritten on negative: Mrs. C.A. Tusch
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3991 ark:/21198/zz002cpq0r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles Mothers--California--Los Angeles Tusch, Mary Elizabeth, b. 1875-1960
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