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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Distant photograph of Will Witherby waving to camera before boarding his plane to Chicago at Los Angeles Airport. A chain-link fence, lined by a tarp, stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. Beyond it, the airport's grounds sprawl into the distance. A few fenced-in gates stand in the near distance at left. To the right of the gates, a luggage cart sits on the tarmac. Behind the cart, a mobile staircase stands. At right, the left wing of a plane enters frame. A few workers stand beneath it. In the distance at center, Will Witherby stands beneath his plane and waves to camera. His plane sits to the right of him on the tarmac. The equipment and planes are embellished with the Trans World Airlines logo, "TWA." The airport's runways are barely visible in the far distance. Wide, opaque bands of white originate in the lower left and lower right corners and extend upwards along their respective edges. Text from negative sleeve: 2399. Los Angeles Airport Aug. 1948. 1. L to R: Will Witherby Dode Witherby Zetta Witherby Mertie West. Some stranger in rear 2. Will Witherby is between the two planes, waving his arm high in the air good bye as he takes plane for Chicago 3. Will Witherby going up gangway into plane with other passengers
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2399_002 ark:/21198/zz002j3x87
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Air travel Aircraft--American--California--Los Angeles Trans World Airlines Los Angeles International Airport Witherby, William M., 1874-1962
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