Image / Dr. Carl-Gustaf Rossby arriving at Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Dr. Carl-Gustaf Rossby arriving at Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1928
1928-01
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.
Dr. Rossby stands next to the plane wearing a flying uniform while another unidentified man can be seen behind him leaning into the cockpit. A strip of tape is attached to one side of the picture with his name written as CARL, GUSTAVE, ROOSBY.
Meteorology expert for the Guggenheim Foundation for the Development of Air Transport Dr. Carl Gustaf Rossby has come to California to survey the proposed route for a Los Angeles-San Francisco passenger and freight route.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Air Survey Expert Here," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1928: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: ROOSBY, CARL GUSTAVE METEOROLOGIST 1928
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11433
ark:/21198/zz002h9gcs
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Meteorology--California--Los Angeles
Biplanes--American--California--Los Angeles
Rossby, Carl-Gustaf
Western Air Express Corporation
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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