Young woman posing with model of aviation field for National Air Races, 1928

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Photograph of a young woman posing with model of aviation field for National Air Races, 1928. At center, a woman wearing a lightly-colored dress, necklace, and flapper hat can be seen holding up a large rectangular model of an aviation field. The model depicts several large runways at its center with small planes moving along them. At the bottom of the image, a building is visible with a message inscribed on its roof. Small automobiles are stationed around the building, and lines of trees can be seen around the border of the model.; Message on side of image reads: "Model of field at National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition, Mines Field, August-September, 1928".

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Title Young woman posing with model of aviation field for National Air Races, 1928

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplane racing (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), housing areas (adlf), 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 1928

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 1928

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13034

Identifier 36360 (accession number), CHS-36360 (call number), CHS-36360 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12567 (legacy record id), chs-m13034 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13186 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12567

Unique identifier UC133690

Legacy Identifier CHS-36360.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 33.8 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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