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Australian aviator Charles Kingsford-Smith and his crew at the Western Air Express terminal, Alhambra, 1930

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Title: Australian aviator Charles Kingsford-Smith and his crew at the Western Air Express terminal, Alhambra, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued: July 10, 1930
1930-07-10
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.
This photograph appears in the article, "Southern Cross Comes Back to Los Angeles," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jul. 1930: A1.
The crew members of the corresponding flight were pilot Charles Kingsford-Smith, navigator Patrick Saul, and radio operator/financier G. Allen Hancock.
Australian aviator Charles Kingsford-Smith and his crew, upon their arrival at the Western Air Express terminal in Alhambra Field.
Handwritten on negative: Chas x Kingsford-Smith Gx Allan Hancock Capt Patrick Saul
Text on negative sleeve: Kingsford-Smith, Charles. Australian Aviator trans-ocean (disappeared in flight 11/8/35)
Text from newspaper caption: Above from left to right- Capt. Patrick Saul, navigator, Capt. G. Allan Hancock, backer of Oakland Australia flight; Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith and Clarence Kincaid, commander of the American Legion.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5341
ark:/21198/zz002cvbsk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Air pilots--Australian--California--Alhambra
Saul, Patrick
Kingsford-Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935
Hancock, Allan, 1875-
Kincaid, Clarence L
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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