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. Dr. Light and Robert stand on the plane, which floats in the middle of the water. Photograph appears with the article, "Flying Doctor and Chum Arrive on World Tour," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan 1935: A1. Surgical instructor at Yale Medical School Dr. Richard Light is flying around the world on his Bellanca seaplane accompanied by recent Yale graduate Robert Wilson. They have flown to Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, England, Italy, Mesopotamia, India, Siam, the Malay States, the Dutch East Indies, and Manila. Text from negative sleeve: WILSON, ROBERT PILOT Early Aviation Text from newspaper caption: "Air tourists" plane, now at San Pedro, in which two Yale men have been flying around the world since August 20.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4514 ark:/21198/zz002cqb1d
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Harbors--California--San Pedro Seaplanes--American--California--San Pedro Tourists--California--San Pedro Physicians--American--California--San Pedro Air travel Air pilots--American--California--San Pedro Wilson, Robert Light, Richard Upjohn, 1902-1994
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