Image / Women's Air Derby racer Blanche W. Noyes, Santa Monica (probably), 1929

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Title: Women's Air Derby racer Blanche W. Noyes, Santa Monica (probably), 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa August 18, 1929]
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Noyes stands with one hand on her hip, smiling into the camera.
Blanche Noyes was one of the twenty pilots who participated in the inaugural Women's Air Derby in August, 1929. This photograph was likely taken at the Santa Monica airport at the start of the Derby.
A similar photograph possibly taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Mrs. Noyes Conquers Fire in Air," Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug 1929: 2.
Text from negative sleeve: Noyes, Blanche W. Aviatrix, 1929
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6791
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Air pilots--American
Noyes, Blanche, 1900-1981
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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