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Opening of new Direct Airway between Los Angeles and Central and South America, 1951
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Opening of new Direct Airway between Los Angeles and Central and South America, 1951
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1 image. Opening of new Direct Airway between Los Angeles and Central and South America, 28 November 1951. Mina Fancher, Representing Panama; Jeanette Ross, Representing Costa Rica; Maria Lopez, Representing Honduras; Ricardo Castro, Representing Costa Rica; Acting Mayor Harold Henry; Myrna Padula, Guatemala; Arturo Lopez Sosa, El Salvador; Wilbur L. Morrison, Vice President, Pan-American Airways; Salvador Vitelli, El Salvador; Anne Marie Arce, El Salvador; Charles Latorre, El Salvador; M. D. Gandall, El Salvador; Juan G. Estrada, El Salvador.; Supplementary material reads: "Pan American Airways. Foto Caption. A 'lei' cutting ceremony with giant shears symbolized opening of the new direct aerial gateway between Los Angeles and the Pacific Coast, Central and South America today (Wednesday) at L.A. International Airport. A Pan American World Airways Constellation Clipper bearing 40 Latin American editors and publishers on the initial northbound flight from Guatemala nosed up to the floral ribbon. Consular Officials and native girls in colorful costumes of the six Central American Republics, and Los Angeles civic officials participated in a gala Southern California welcome. Left to right: Mina Fancher, representing Panama; Jeanette Ross, Costa Rica; Maria Lopez, Honduras; Ricardo Castro, Costa Rica; Acting Mayor Harold Henry; Myrna Padula, Guatemala, with scissors; Arturo Lopez Sosa, El Salvador; Wilbur L. Morrison, vice-president, Pan American Airways; Salvador Vitelli, El Salvador; Anna Marie Arce, El Salvador; Charles Latorre, M. D. Gandall and Juan G. Estrada, El Salvador".
Asset Metadata
Title
Opening of new Direct Airway between Los Angeles and Central and South America, 1951
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
airport features: LAX
(geographic subject),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1951-11-28
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
(subcollection),
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
(collection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1951-11-28
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Access Conditions
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m7194
Identifier
EXM-N-9412-018 (
filename
), examiner-m1663 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-89634 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m7194 (
legacy record id
), 9412-018 (
sleeve number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
89634
Unique identifier
UC11733332
Legacy Identifier
EXM-N-9412-018.tif
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
28.7 in × 23.0 in at 300dpi
73.1 cm × 58.4 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Description
The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).
? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)
Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.
The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.
The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.
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Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
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