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Title: 1949 winner to try again
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1954
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: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated July 1, 1954 reads, "Mrs. Lauretta Foy, Van Nuys widow and mother of three sons, will try to win, for second time, Powder Puff Derby, this year from Long Beach to Knoxville, Tenn. Her co-pilot, in plane they will fly, is former Miss America, Miss Jean Barthel [sic]. Mrs. Foy is giving last minute details to son, Shawn, 4 1/2."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00132350
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d038_f12_i2
CARL0005557647
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/62665
Subject: Long Beach Airport
Powder Puff Derby
Airplane racing--California--Long Beach
Air pilots--California--Long Beach
Women air pilots--California--Long Beach
Mothers and sons--California--Long Beach
Women--California--Long Beach
Airplanes--California--Long Beach
Airplanes, Racing--California--Long Beach
Airports--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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