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Title
"Mother" Tusch visits air races, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
July 1933
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 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.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. C.A. Tusch
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. C. A. (Mother) Tusch
Text from negative sleeve: TUSCH, C.A. MRS. AVIATRIX, 1933
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3991
ark:/21198/zz002cpq0r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles
Tusch, Mary Elizabeth, b. 1875-1960
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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