Fly-over of the United Air Terminal in Burbank at the terminal's dedication, May 30, 1930

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Title Fly-over of the United Air Terminal in Burbank at the terminal's dedication, May 30, 1930

Description Photograph of a fly-over of the United Air Terminal in Burbank at the terminal's dedication, May 30, 1930. The terminal is at center and is a light-colored structure with a tall rectangular tower at center that is flanked by two lower sections. The front of the building is marked by a series of archways, and the tops of the two lower wings are uncovered and crowded with people. There are also hundreds of people on the ground, and a parking lot is at right. Twelve biplanes are flying in formation over the terminal, and more planes are visible on the ground at right. A tall mountain range is visible in the distance.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1930-05-30

Subject Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- General (file heading), United Air Terminal (subject)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930-05-30

Type images

Format 4 photographs : photonegatives, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

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-m12871

Identifier 13049 (accession number), CHS-13049 (call number), CHS-13049 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12331 (legacy record id), chs-m12871 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13023 (legacy record id), 1-102- (microfiche number), 1-103-26 (microfiche number), 1-49-79 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12331

Unique identifier UC132202

Legacy Identifier CHS-13049.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.0 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.9 cm × 40.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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