Santa arrives at International Airport, 1954

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1 image. Santa arrives at International Airport, 24 December 1954. Mrs. Lillian Fuchcar (Santa Claus); Michelle -- 14 years; Bonnie -- 9 years; Patrick -- 12 years. (Handout).; Supplementary material reads: Photo from TWA. Trans World Airlines. For immediate release. Santa arrives with 8800 horses (horsepower that is). Los Angeles International Airport, December 24: A sixty-year-old woman airline passenger arrived here tonight bedecked in a home-made Santa Claus outfit that was so realistic that her own family failed to recognize her. Enroute from Chicago she played Santa to fifteen youngsters aboard the eighty-one passenger Trans World Airlines Constellation. Mrs. Lillian Fuchcar of 1906 S. 49 Avenue, Cicero, Ill., on her first airplane flight, confided to fellow passengers that she was going to don a homemade Santa Claus outfit before deplaning at Los Angeles where she was to be met by two nieces, a nephew, her sister and brother-in-law. Over the Grand Canyon she was convinced that now was the time to put on the suit. The ensuing commotion caused the plane's captain, Lyman Keele, to come out of the cockpit to see what was going on. [next]; Supplementary material continues: 'I had to look twice, he said. I just couldn't believe it.' Mrs. Fuchcar was prancing down the aisle passing out lollypops to the children in the plane. Upon landing she was the first one off the plane. Her sister and b rother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Barry of 9800 11 Ave., Inglewood and their three children were waiting at the gate. Barry exclaimed, 'Isn't that wonderful' and started to applaud. Santa went right by him and wished him a Merry Christmas. At this point, the Barry's thought she was not on the plane and were getting worried. Mrs. Fuchcar could stand it no longer and gave away her identity. She then passed out toys from a huge bag to (L to R) Michelle, 14; Bonnie, 9; and Patrick, 12. It was the first time they had seen her in four years."

Asset Metadata

Title Santa arrives at International Airport, 1954

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Temporal Subject 1954-12-24

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Language English

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 1954-12-24

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-m18617

Identifier EXM-N-11308-012~1 (filename), examiner-m1663 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-94154 (legacy record id), examiner-m18617 (legacy record id), 11308-012 (sleeve number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 94154

Unique identifier UC11717159

Legacy Identifier EXM-N-11308-012~1.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.8 in × 29.8 in at 300dpi
60.4 cm × 75.8 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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