Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “First Mormons Take Vows Soaring in Air: Couple Marries in Plane Over Santa Ana,” Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 1935: A1. Text from newspaper caption: While Leo J. Muir, standing, president of the Los Angeles Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, heard their vows, Russell J. Handy, automotive engineer, and Madeline Bloomquist, cafeteria hostess, became husband and wife in the first air wedding involving communicants of the Mormon Church. Handwritten on negative: LTR: Russell J. Handy, Leo J. Muir, Madeline Bloomquist 8-5-35. Text from negative sleeve: 1457—Russell J. Handy, Madeline Bloomquist, Leo J. Muir, Air Wedding 8-5-35, [Stamped:] AUG 8-1935.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7998 ark:/21198/zz002dfsnt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Marriage--California--Los Angeles Airplanes--American Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Handy, Russell J., b. 1907 Muir, Leo J. (Leo Joseph), 1880-1967 Bloomquist, Madeline, b. 1906
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