Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. William Hawley Bowlus, wearing a light-colored 3-piece suit, standing next to a Ryan single engine monoplane in a dirt airfield. Two men stand next to the plane in the background. William Hawley Bowlus was a designer, engineer and builder of aircraft. He was the Superintendent of Construction on Charles Lindbergh's aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, and became well-known later as the designer of the Airstream travel trailers. Text from negative sleeve: Bowlus, William H., Aviation, Designer of Lindbergh's Plane.
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1382 ark:/21198/zz002dbts1
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No linguistic content
Subject
People Transportation Airplanes--American Engineers Bowlus, William Hawley, 1896-1967
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