American Airlines Douglas DC-3 "DST" NC-14988 in flight, ca. 1936-1942

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American Airlines Douglas DC-3 "DST" NC 14988 in flight, ca. 1936-1942. The plane has eight windows in its side and a long window over the cockpit at left. Roads sector off the square farms on the land below.; "This airplane was the first DC-3 and was configured as the first Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST). It was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, CA as NX-14988 in December 1935 under ATC# 607. It was assigned S/N 1494 with two Wright Cyclone SGR-1820-G-5 engines (S/N R-22863; L-22862). It was a 31-place airplane.After testing, it sold to American Air Lines, Chicago, IL on April 28, 1936 and was approved for "NC" registration on May 4, 1936 with 112.5 flight hours... As WWII spooled up, on May 25, 1942 the airplane was sold to the Defense Supplies Corp., Washington, DC, then to the War Department, Washington, DC on July 21, 1942. Its Civil Aeronautics Administration registration was cancelled and it was given USAAF serial number 42-43619 and operated under U.S. Army insignia. It was wrecked at Knobnoster, MO October 15, 1942" -- unknown author; www.dmairfield.com

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Title American Airlines Douglas DC-3 "DST" NC-14988 in flight, ca. 1936-1942

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), American Airlines Corporation (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1936/1942

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 1936/1942

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-m24810

Identifier 39054 (accession number), CHS-39054 (call number), CHS-39054 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24296 (legacy record id), chs-m24810 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24296

Unique identifier UC130703

Legacy Identifier CHS-39054.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.4 in × 12.1 in at 300dpi
39.3 cm × 30.9 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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