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Title: Pilot Thea Rasche, Los Angeles, 1927-1933
Date Created and/or Issued: [1927-1933]
1927/1933
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Pilot Thea Rasche drinks from a bottle of milk, wearing a flight suit and an airport.
Thea Rasche was Germany's first female aerobatics pilot. She made 5 trips to the United States from 1927 to 1933 to participate in flying events.
Text from negative sleeve: Rasche, Thea. Aviatrix.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7311
ark:/21198/zz002cxpq8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Women air pilots--California--Los Angeles
Rasche, Thea, 1899-1971
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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