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C. A. Holzer and H. W. Beck watch as Mayor Porter places the call to New York to initiate coast-to-coast flights, Los Angeles, 1932

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Title: C. A. Holzer and H. W. Beck watch as Mayor Porter places the call to New York to initiate coast-to-coast flights, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: November 5, 1932
1932-11-05
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.
C. A. Holzer (superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Company) and H. W. Beck (TWA Traffic Manager) watch as Mayor John C. Porter places the call from his City Hall office to New York to initiate coast-to-coast flights.
Harris W. Beck: assistant general traffic master
Photograph appears with the article, "Mayor Opens Fast Air Service. Order Starts T.-W.A. Ship From East," Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 1932: 14.
Text from negative sleeve: Beck, H. W. TWA.
Text from newspaper caption: One-Day Coast-to-Coast Flights Inaugurated. Left to right--C. A. Holzer, H. W. Beck and Mayor Porter, as letter gives order at City Hall here that starts air liner on way from New York to Los Angeles.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1084
ark:/21198/zz002dbgh2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Air travel
Mayors--California--Los Angeles
Porter, John C. (John Clinton), 1871-1959
Trans World Airlines
Holzer, C. A. (Charles Adolph), 1878-1960
Beck, Harris W. (Harris Walton), 1890-1971
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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