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James Harold Doolittle with the medal awarded to Will Rogers, Santa Monica, 1935

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Title: James Harold Doolittle with the medal awarded to Will Rogers, Santa Monica, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 29, 1935
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.
Will Rogers was selected for the reward for meritorious service in the advancement of aeronautics a month before his fatal plane crash on August 16th. His widow Betty Rogers will be accepting the award posthumously.
Major Doolittle stares at the box holding the medal in his hand.
Photograph appears with the article, "Mrs. Rogers Given Medal," Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct 1935: A1.
Handwritten on negative: 109 109 Maj. Jas. H. Doolittle- with will Rogers Placque - 10/28/35
Text from negative sleeve: 2675- Maj. Jas. H. Doolittle (with Will Rogers Placque) 10/28/35 [stamped:] Nov 4 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Maj. James H. Doolittle with the medal for meritorious service in the advancement of aviation which was presented yesterday to Mrs. Betty Rogers, widow of Will Rogers.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9200
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Medals
Air pilots--American--California--Santa Monica
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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