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Photograph album of early aviation at Dycer Airport, Los Angeles County, California

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Description: An album of photographs depicting members of the Branesky family posing with airplanes and equipment, and several aerial views of Los Angeles cityscapes and oil fields taken while in flight. Many photographs were taken at Dycer Airport, which was located in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. Images include the boys with model airplanes, their flight instructors, airplane mechanics, a crashed plane, and the Braneskys' airplanes, with several captions. A few newspaper clippings discuss the Branesky brothers and their enthusiasm for flying. The final pages of the album include photographs of boats, a deep-sea fishing excursion with family members posed with fish, and scenery around Mt. Wilson.
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Production date: approximately 1927-1936.
Call number: photCL 655
Provenance: Purchased from Michael Vinson Americana, November 2021.

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