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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Richard Siemsen posing in front of a German Junker plane at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition held near Gilmore Statium in Los Angeles. Richard Siemsen stands left-of-center among the crowd of other exhibit attendees. He holds food in his hand and looks to the camera. Behind him at left, a large crowd is gathered with their backs to the camera. In front of them, a German Junker plane sits on display. A few people stand atop the plane. To the right of Richard, other attendees walk through the exhibition and to the right. Beyond them, a banner hangs overhead in the near distance. It reads, "GET on the JOB STAY on the JOB FINISH the JOB," and "LOCKHEED." The aircraft's wing is visible extending over the crowd in the distance, but beneath the banner and out-of-frame at right. 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_003 ark:/21198/zz002j2h80
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles Aircraft--German--California--Los Angeles Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929
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