Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Lost Flyer Hunt Shifts," Los Angeles Times, 07 Sep 1935: 16. Skaer sits at a table pointing at a map with a pen while Duke the dog sits in her lap. On July 30th Lieutenant Arthur H. Skaer Jr. went missing when he was testing a Northup monoplane. LAPD have concluded their three-week search into the flyer's disappearance. An award of $1500 for information regarding the disappearance of Skaer and the plane is being offered by Northup Corporation. Text from negative sleeve: 2048 - Dorothy Skaer studying map of Malibu Mtns. area. with dog, "Duke" wife of Last Northup Aviator -> Lieut. Arthur H. Skaer, Jr. 9/14/35 [stamped:] Sep 19 1935 Handwritten on negative: Dorothy Skaer "Duke" -5m 9/14/35 Text from newspaper caption: Exclusive photo of Mrs. Dorothy Skaer, wife of Lieut. Arthur H. Skaer, who disappeared on a test flight July 30 and was supposed to have fallen in sea. Mrs. Skaers, however, is inclined to believe he crashed in the Malibu Mountains. She is seen studying a map of that area.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8414 ark:/21198/zz002dg90p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dogs--California--Los Angeles Maps Spouses--California--Los Angeles Skaer, Dorothy
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