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Title: Laura Ingalls and her "Orion"
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Pilot Laura Ingalls (1901-1967) in full aviation attire sits in her Lockheed "Orion" plane at Union Airport (Bob Hope Airport) in Burbank. She became the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the South American continent in 1934. She placed second in the 1936 National Air Races in a special contest for women and completed a transcontinental trip, flying alone in her Lockheed Orion, in 15 hours and 39 minutes. Photo dated: June 8, 1931.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00069795
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Transportation-Aviation-Personalities.
CARL0000073690
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/110642
Subject: Ingalls, Laura
Bob Hope Airport (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Lockheed aircraft
Airplanes--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Airports--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Source: Smith, Robyn.

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