Joseph M. Schenck and Lili Damita after Colonel Roscoe Turner lands their flight, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Joseph M. Schenck and Lili Damita after Colonel Roscoe Turner lands their flight, Los Angeles, 1932

Date Created

October 1932

Date

1932-10

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Turner Sets New Air Mark," Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct 1932: A1.
Colonel Turner has completed the first one-day flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles with actress Lili Damita and film executive Joseph M. Schenck as passengers.
Lili watches as Col. Turner and Joseph Schenck compare their pocket watches.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Roscoe Turner
Text from negative sleeve: TURNER, ROSCOE
Text from newspaper caption: Records May Fall But History Must Stand So observes Joseph M. Schenck (left) in connection with proposed timing of story of Maxmilian. Mr. Schenck is comparing his watch with that of Col. Roscoe Turner at end of record trip. Lili Damita looks on.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970
Damita, LiLi, 1904-1994

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles
Clocks & watches
Goggles
Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles
Passengers--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--French--California
Monoplanes--American--California--Los Angeles