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Title: Award presented posthumously to Will Rogers for advancing aeronautics, Santa Monica, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 29, 1935
1935-10-29
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Will Rogers was selected for the award for meritorious service in the advancement of aeronautics by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers a month before his fatal plane crash on August 16th, 1935. His widow Betty Rogers accepted the award posthumously.
Photograph appears with the article, "Mrs. Rogers Given Medal," Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct 1935: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Will Rogers Placque [sic] 10/28/35
Text from negative sleeve: 2675- Maj. Jas. H. Doolittle (with Will Rogers placque [sic]) 10/28/35. [Stamped] Nov. 4, 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Gold medal for the advancement of aviation which was awarded to Will Rogers.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9201
ark:/21198/zz002dh747
Language: English
Subject: Air pilots--American--California--Santa Monica
Medals
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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