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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Richard Siemsen and Mertie West posing in front of the plane exhibit at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition near Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles. Richard Siemsen and Mertie West stand side-by-side at center. Both look to the camera. Other exhibit attendees stand on either side of them; all face away from camera and towards the exhibit behind Richard and Mertie. A plane is displayed in the near distance at center. It is partially obscured by Richard and Mertie. The tail of the plane is elevated at left and a portion of a swastika is visible on it. Beyond the plane, signage for the exhibit stands elevated above the exhibit, it reads, "SHOTFROMTHESKY." Text from negative sleeve: 2115. "Shot from the Sky" Exhibit at Gilmore Park, Los Angeles, California, December 1944. 1. Richard Siemsen standing in front of the German Junker plane. 2. Richard Siemsen and Mertie West in front of a plane exhibit. 3. Mertie West and Richard Siemsen in front of the Mobile Radio Station exhibit. 3 films.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2115_002 ark:/21198/zz002j2h7g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles Aircraft--German--California--Los Angeles West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929
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