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Julian K. Lyles, Grace Richardson, Hugh L. Smith, and Ralph S. Damon land after a sleeper flight at the Grand Central Terminal, Glendale, 1934

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Title: Julian K. Lyles, Grace Richardson, Hugh L. Smith, and Ralph S. Damon land after a sleeper flight at the Grand Central Terminal, Glendale, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: April 1934
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.
The Curtiss-Wright Condor completed the first scheduled trip taken by a sleeper plane over a commercial air route; the passengers included Julian K. Lyles, southern division manager of American Airways, Grace Richardson, chief stewardess, Hugh L. Smith, operations manager, southern division, and Ralph S. Damon, president of the Curtiss-Wright Airplane Company, who was the builder and designer of the plane.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "First Pullman Plane Arrives," Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr 1934: 18.
The Curtiss Wright Condor is a small black aircraft close to the ground. Lyles stands to one side of the plane's steps and Smith and Damon stand on the other side. Grace Richardson stands at the top of the steps, halfway out of the plane.
Text from negative sleeve: LYLES, JULIAN K. AMER. AIR LINES X
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6146
ark:/21198/zz002cw9jx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People associated with transportation
Airplanes--American--California--Glendale
Smith, Hugh L
Damon, Ralph S. (Ralph Shepard), 1897-1956
Grand Central Air Terminal (Glendale, Calif.)
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Richardson, Grace
Lyles, Julian Knox, 1904-1966
American Airlines
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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