Ninety-Nines members in a group portrait, Los Angeles, 1933-1934

Item Overview

Title

Ninety-Nines members in a group portrait, Los Angeles, 1933-1934

Date Created

[between 1933-1934]

Date

1933/1934

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Eught members of the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of women pilots, pose for a group portrait at a gathering. Along with Pancho Barnes, Esther Jones, Hilda Jarmuth, Georgialee McGaffey, and Adoree Neville were known to be female pilots and likely members of the Ninety-Nines. The other pictured women may be aviation supporters.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Barnes, Pancho.
Text from handwritten note in negative sleeve: Barnes, Pancho. 2 (circled). standing L to R - Pancho Barnes. Peggy Sherman. Kathryne Harkness. Sally Torney. seated L to R - Hilda Jarmutle. Esther Jones. Georgialee McGaffey. Adoree Neuille.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

glass plate negatives
news photographs
Group portraits
group portraits

Names

Barnes, Pancho, 1901-1976
Torney, Sally
Sherman, Peggy
McGaffey, Georgialee C., 1906-1988
Ninety-Nines (Organization)
Neville, Adoree, 1906-1936
Harkness, Katherine, b. 1903
Jones, Esther, b. 1906 or 07
Jarmuth, Hilda P., 1900-1976

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles