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Description
Plates in: California aeronautics photograph album : Dole Race and others, pg. 49. Shows Pride of Los Angeles where crashed into San Francisco Bay. 2009-0705. James D. Dole put up prize money for first planes to cross from the mainland to Honolulu. On Aug. 26th, 1927, eight planes (Dolebirds) left Oakland for what became the Dole Air Race – Golden Eagle, Aloha, Woolaroc, Miss Doran, Oklahoma, Dallas Spirit, El Encanto, Pabco Flyer. Pride of Los Angeles was flown by James Giffin and Theodore Lundgren from Long Beach to Oakland for Dole Air Race. Stalled and crashed into the Bay about 100 feet from the Oakland airport.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 4 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001414210CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Dole Air Race--Photographs Airplane racing--California--Oakland Aircraft accidents--California--San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums
Place
California Oakland San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay (Calif.)
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