Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Clipper Ship Maker Here," Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug 1935: A1. Sikorsky is traveling along the coast for both business and pleasure. Australian flyer Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith was one of the people to meet him at the Union Air Terminal. Sikorsky holds his hat in hand as he stands on the staircase leading from his plane to the tarmac. An unidentified woman peers out of the plane from behind him. Text from newspaper caption: Igor Sikorsky, manufacturer of huge Clipper ships used by Pan American Airways, who arrived here yesterday. Handwritten on negative: Igor Sikorsky Text from negative sleeve: 1959 - Igor Sikorsky Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith (Flyers - Plane Designer) 8/15/35 [stamped:] Sep 4- 1935
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8303 ark:/21198/zz002dg55b
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No linguistic content
Subject
Airplanes--American--California--Burbank Arrivals & departures--American--California--Glendale Pan American Airways Corporation Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972
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