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Title
KLM airliner in flight, ca.1960
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1960
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of KLM airliner in flight, ca.1960. At center, a lightly-colored airliner is seen with a darkly-colored stripe and underside. To the left, the tail of the aircraft is striped and a small emblem is visible near its center. Also, large black characters are also visible. Eighteen windows are visible on the side of the craft. The phrase "De Vliegende Hollander" is etched above a set of windows. Two sets of large propellers can be seen on each side of the plane on its wings. In the background, clouds can be seen surrounding the plane. In the extreme background, numerous mountains and valleys are visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13030
USC-2-1-1-13182 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43523
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13030
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43523.jpg
Subject
Aeronautics
Aircraft industry
Airplanes
KLM
Transportation--Air--Commercial
Deserts
Time Period
circa 1960
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
43523 [Accession number]
84-1-1713 [Microfiche number]
CHS-43523 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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