Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph is likely related to the article, "Flying Hunters Given Welcome, Four Endurance Champions Land at City Airport, Will Make Next Test Flight Here, They Declare, Officials and Large Throng Extend Greetings," Los Angeles Times, 23 Jul. 1930: A1. Kenneth Hunter sits at a small table and speaks into a microphone. A crowd of people, including his brothers, stand behind him. Standing at the far left, from left to right, are Kenneth, Albert, and Walter Hunter. In 1930, Albert, John, Walter and Kenneth Hunter set the World Endurance Flight Record of 553 hours, 41 minutes and 30 seconds over Chicago. They visited Los Angeles with their monoplane, City of Chicago, a large yellow and blue Stinson-Detroiter and the refueling ship, Big Ben. Their record was later broken by the Key Brothers. Text on negative sleeve: Hunter Bros. Aviators, 1930; Kenneth, John, Walter, Albert
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9691 ark:/21198/zz002dht1w
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No linguistic content
Subject
Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles Stunt flying--United States Hunter, John, 1903-1932 Hunter, Kenneth, 1909-1974 Hunter, Albert, 1897-1942 Hunter, Walter, 1906-1983
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