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Aviators George Haldeman and Shirley Short at Mines Field after their transcontinental race, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Aviators George Haldeman and Shirley Short at Mines Field after their transcontinental race, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: Spetember 14, 1928
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.
Photograph of aviators George Haldeman (R) and Shirley Short after a transcontinental race from New York to Los Angeles, in front of a Bellanca CH-300 plane.
George Haldeman was an American aviator, who in 1928 participated in a transcontinental race from New York to Los Angeles. He was forced to land for oil in New Mexico. The end point of the air race George Haldeman participated in was Mines Field in Los Angeles. Mines Field would soon become what is now Los Angeles International Airport.
The photograph is related to the articles: "Throngs Cheer Vikings of Air," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 1928: A1 and "Twin Fates Defeat Pilots: George Haldeman Forced to Stop in New Mexico for Oil While Goebel Needed Gasoline," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 1928: A1.
The pilots flew a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane. Referenced by Science Photo Library online resource.
Text on negative sleeve: George, Haldeman
For P & A Photos caption, see image ark no.21198/zz002cv1s7
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5078
ark:/21198/zz002cv1q6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: CH-300 Pacemaker (Private plane)
Airplane racing--California--Los Angeles
Monoplanes--American--California--Los Angeles
Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles
Short, Shirley J., d. 1930
Los Angeles International Airport
Haldeman, George W., 1898-1982
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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