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W.E. Thomas and woman posing in open cockpit, ca.1925
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W.E. Thomas and woman posing in open cockpit, ca.1925
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Description
Photograph of W.E. Thomas and woman posing in open cockpit, ca.1925. On the left, W.E. Thomas, the secretary for the Professional Pilot's Association, poses with a woman in an open cockpit of a plane. Thomas is seen wearing a darkly-colored buttoned shirt with a tie, an open sweater, and dark gloves. The woman is seen wearing a lightly-colored, decorative sweater. Both of them wear traditional pilot caps with goggles on their foreheads. Thomas is seen in the picture pointing over the wing of the plane to the left. Both of them gaze off into the distance.
Asset Metadata
Title
W.E. Thomas and woman posing in open cockpit, ca.1925
Subject
Aeronautics
(lcsh),
Air pilots
(lcsh),
Airplanes
(lcsh),
airport features
(adlf),
Professional Pilots Association
(subject),
Thomas, W. E.
(subject),
Transportation -- Air -- People in aviation
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1925
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1925
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13383
Identifier
43572 (
accession number
), CHS-43572 (
call number
), CHS-43572 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12883 (
legacy record id
), chs-m13383 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-13537 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-1683 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12883
Unique identifier
UC135460
Legacy Identifier
CHS-43572.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.7 in × 15.7 in at 300dpi
50.2 cm × 40.0 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
Description
The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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