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Building a new Delta Northrop plane. 1933

Description: Eight men, two in dirty white coveralls, stand on and around the unattached wing and engine of a new Delta-Northrop airplane, which they are working to assemble. The assembly work is being done in a long hangar, with other parts being assembled next to and behind the wing-engine section.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933
Call number: photCL Whitt 2898 ; Whitt neg. 2820
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Building a new Delta Northrop plane. 1933

Visual Materials

Four men, two in dirty white coveralls, stand on and around the wing and engine of a new Delta-Northrup airplane, which they are working to assemble. The assembly work is being done in a long hangar.

photCL Whitt 2896 ; Whitt neg. 2822

Maddux Air Lines planes in a hangar. approximately 1929

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of at least six airplanes in a hangar at an unknown location. The planes belong to the fleet of Maddux Air Lines. Workers in white coveralls stand near the nearest plane, while four men in suits mill around the hangar.

photCL Whitt 3104

Opening day, Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale. 1929

Visual Materials

Crowds line the runway on the opening day of the Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, watching an airplane and a group of men on the runway. The men on the runway are wearing white coveralls with "Warren School of Aeronautics" on the back. The hangar in the background is still under construction.

photCL Whitt 2815 ; Whitt neg. 2781

California Aerial Transport planes. 1929

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of seven California Aerial Transport planes lined up on the tarmac of an unidentified hangar. The hangar is a low wide building with a tower in the center and wide, open areas on either side.

photCL Whitt 3103

Culver City Airport formal opening, Culver City. May 9, 1930

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of the formal opening of the Culver City Airport. A group of female aviators, members of the Ninety-Nines, stand in a row, wearing coveralls, goggles, and other flight attire, and there are several airplanes parked on the left. The airport was owned and operated by Miss Margaret Perry. There is a hangar on the right, and a crowd of people stand between it and the aviatrixes. Writing in white in the bottom right corner reads "Formal Opening Culver City Airport ; May 9th, 1930 ; Miss. Margaret Perry. Owner & Operator ; Photo by ; F.M. Huddleston."

photCL 470 (195)

John Cobb, land speed record, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 1939

Visual Materials

John Cobb and a group of men stand around his Railton automobile at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Cobb, dressed in a boilersuit or coveralls, stands on the left with two other men. A truck and sign are in the background for Gilmore Oil Company, and the company's lion logo is painted on the front of the Railton.

photCL Whitt 2756 ; Whitt neg. 2695

Building a new Delta Northrop plane. 1933

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