California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing Woods handing letters to pilot, August 31, 1927

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Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing Woods handing letters to pilot, August 31, 1927

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Photograph of the Inauguration of the Air Express Service of the American Railway Express Company at Vail Field, l to r, Pilot Maurice Graham, T. A. Woods, August 31, 1927. Woods is posed handing avocados, packages and letters to the pilot who is in an open cockpit. Woods is bald with a dark suit and tie on. The pilot wears a lightly-colored shirt and smiles. A stack of packages and avocados sits by Woods.

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Title Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing Woods handing letters to pilot, August 31, 1927

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1927-08-31

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Air mail service (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), American Railway Express Company (corporate name), Graham, Maurice (personal name), Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- General (file heading), Vail Field (subject), Woods, T. A. (personal name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1927-08-31

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)

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-m12830

Identifier 36400 (accession number), CHS-36400 (call number), CHS-36400 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12291 (legacy record id), chs-m12830 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12982 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12291

Unique identifier UC132663

Legacy Identifier CHS-36400.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.3 in × 18.5 in at 300dpi
33.8 cm × 47.1 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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