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Senator William G. McAdoo presents a plaque and scroll to flyer Col. Roscoe Turner at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1933

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Title: Senator William G. McAdoo presents a plaque and scroll to flyer Col. Roscoe Turner at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: February 21, 1933
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.
Reported in the article, "Turner Given Air Trophies. McAdoo Presents Scroll and Plaques Awarded for Transcontinental Speed Record, " Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 1933.
Photograph of William G. McAdoo and Roscoe Turner standing behind a banquet table in the Music Room (later the lobby) of the Biltmore Hotel. McAdoo hands a plaque to Turner, who is holding a scroll.
William G. McAdoo was a senator for California from 1933 to 1938.
Handwritten on negative: William G. McAdoo, Roscoe Turner.
Text from negative sleeve: McAdoo, William Gibbs
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10646
ark:/21198/zz002hbnm8
Subject: Awards
Politicians--California
Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles
Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970
McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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