Pilot Paul E. Richter Jr. handing over first piece of freight delivered by air from Europe, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Pilot Paul E. Richter Jr. handing over first piece of freight delivered by air from Europe, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

October 25, 1928

Date

1928-10-25

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Pilot Paul E. Richter Jr. handing over first piece of freight delivered by air from Europe. This photograph appears with article "AERIAL FREIGHTING ACHIEVED: Germany's First Consignment Here," Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 1928: A22.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Germany's First Consignment Here Men and Metal Left to right-Paul E. Richter, pilot who brought shipment from San Francisco; W. F. Fox and W. [Warren] T. Winstrom, local Electrolux officials (Inset)- Air purifier made in Germany and brought across the Atlantic by plane. [Inset was drawing of purifier]
Text from negative sleeve: Richter, Paul E. Jr. Pilot.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

10 x 12.5 cm.

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Fox, W. F.
Winstrom, Warren T., 1903-1959
Richter, Paul E., 1896-1949

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Air mail service--California--Los Angeles
|Aeronautics, Commercial--Freight