Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Lieutenant Commander Frank Hawks holding a poster that features a woman surrounded by an American flag and a cowboy. The poster reads in English, “WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL FUND”. Frank is sitting in an airplane labeled “Acostia”, which he flew to the memorial of his friend, Will Rogers. This photograph may be associated with the article, “ROGERS PAID RADIO HONOR: Friends Join in Broadcast Stone, Billie Burke, Cobb, Hawks and Cantor Near Tears in Tribute MEMORY OF ROGERS PAID TOUCHING RADIO TRIBUTE Departed Comrade’s Good Works Told,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 1935: 1. Handwritten on negative: Lt Comdr. Frank Hawks 11-2-35 Text from negative sleeve: 2675—Lt Comdr Frank Hawks, Rogers Mem. Talk 11-2-35, [STAMPED:] NOV 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9204 ark:/21198/zz002dh77s
Language
No linguistic content English
Subject
Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles Air pilots--American Airplanes--American--California--Glendale Posters Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938
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