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Alvin P. Adams, president of Western Air Express, and a woman, probably his wife Elizabeth Adams, between 1934-1940 (?)

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Title: Alvin P. Adams, president of Western Air Express, and a woman, probably his wife Elizabeth Adams, between 1934-1940 (?)
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1934-1940?]
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.
Elizabeth Adams was the daughter Nathan Miller, a well-to-do one-time Governor of New York. She was married to Alvin P. Adams from 1929 to at least 1940.
Alvin P. Adams was president of Western Air Express Corporation from 1934 to 1940. It was the oldest passenger line in the country, with the route from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles and San Diego established in 1926.
Incorrect middle initial of Alvin P. Adams typed on negative sleeve.
Handwritten on negative: Alvin [illegible] Adams
Text from negative sleeve: Adams, Alvin D. & Mrs. Pres. Western Air Express.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10998
ark:/21198/zz002h8z1x
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Airlines--American--California--Los Angeles
Adams, Elizabeth, 1907-1980
Adams, Alvin P. (Alvin Philip), 1905-1996
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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