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The Golden Age of Aviation

The Golden Age of Aviation 1931
Photo Accession # 79-078-0025
8x10 Negative
Aug. 27, 1931
by Lindburg photo of Inglewood, California

National Air Races held at Mines Field in Los Angeles.
This Collection of 8x10 film negatives by Lindburg photo of Inglewood covers the years from 1928-1933
Showing some of the top pilot's of that time including Charles Lindburg, Steve Wittman, Roscoe Tuner and Gilmore Oil Company Lockheed racing plane, Col. Hap Arnold,Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, French Capt. Dieudonne Coste and Mauriel Bellonte, Amelia Earhart, Mildred Morgan, Gladys O'Donnell, Bobbi Evelyn Trout and others of the Ninety-Nines and other women pilot's.
And planes like the Spit of St. Luis, Chief Oshkosh, Yankee Doodle a Lockheed Vega, City of Chicago, Big-Ben refuling plane, a Ryan B-1, Bumble Bee, a Sterarman C-3B and a Ford Tri-Motor to name only a few.
Also in the collection is views of the Graft Zeppelin and the Good Year Blimp Volunteer NC-8-A at Los Angeles Airport on Aug. 26, 1929.
A list of our holding for our Aviation photo collection

We also have a collection of 5x7 glass negatives of Bud Mars, The first powered flight takes place in Hawaii,
by James C. "Bud" Mars flies a Curtiss "Skylark" December 31, 1910,
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