Military aircraft flying over the United Air Terminal in Burbank during the dedication of the airport, May 1930

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Photograph of military aircraft flying over the United Air Terminal in Burbank during the dedication of the airport, May 1930. At least twenty biplanes are flying in formation over the airport. There is a large formation of other airborne objects, possible distant planes, in the center. The airport terminal is at center and is a large rectangular building with a detached rectangular out building. A large crowd of spectators is gathered around the building. There is a water tower near the runway in the distance at right. The United Terminal later became the Lockheed terminal.

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Title Military aircraft flying over the United Air Terminal in Burbank during the dedication of the airport, May 1930

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930-05-30

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1930-05-30

Creator Bickford, W.P. (photographer)

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-m5240

Identifier 14213 (accession number), CHS-14213 (call number), CHS-14213 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25781 (legacy record id), chs-m5240 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-5346 (legacy record id), 1-102-29 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25781

Unique identifier UC129067

Legacy Identifier CHS-14213.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 10.8 in × 8.8 in at 300dpi
27.6 cm × 22.5 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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