Plane leaving a smoke screen at the National Air Races at Mines Field, 1929

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Photograph of a plane leaving a smoke screen at the National Air Races at Mines Field, 1929. A plane can be seen in the air at right leaving a trail of smoke behind it. Five men and women can be seen in the center foreground from behind looking up at the plane. Two planes can be seen on the ground and are obscured by the people's heads. A few trees and buildings are visible in the right background.

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Title Plane leaving a smoke screen at the National Air Races at Mines Field, 1929

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplane racing (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Los Angeles Airport (subject), Mines Field (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Aviation Meets (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1929

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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 1929

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13036

Identifier 36349 (accession number), CHS-36349 (call number), CHS-36349 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12557 (legacy record id), chs-m13036 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13188 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12557

Unique identifier UC133685

Legacy Identifier CHS-36349.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 34.3 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

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