Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. From left to right, Phillips Petroleum Corporation pilot, Billy Parker, and Wiley Post pose upon arrival at Union Air Terminal in Burbank. Billy Parker dons a printed suit and holds a hat by his side. Wiley Post also sports a suit and wears an eye patch. Behind them, the fuselage of an airplane stretches across the image. At center, markings on the plane read, "Phillips 77 AVIATION," "[...]TROLE[U...]," and "[...]SVILLE OKL[...]." A hangar stands in the background along the right edge. A cropped version of this photograph appears with the article, "WILEY POST, UNHERALDED, ARRIVES HERE FOR REST," Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 1934: 1 Wiley Post was the first man to fly solo around the world and died when he crashed his plane in Alaska with Will Rogers. Handwritten on negative: Billy Parker Wiley Post Text from newspaper caption: Wiley Post, stratosphere flyer, who flew here yesterday from Oklahoma. [Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 1934: 1] Text from negative sleeve: Post, Wiley [handwritten:] X
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7217 ark:/21198/zz002cxkg6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Airplanes--American--California--Burbank Arrivals & departures--American--California--Burbank Air pilots--American--California--Burbank Bob Hope Airport (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Parker, Billy Post, Wiley, 1898-1935
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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