Anthony H. G. Fokker, [Los Angeles], 1927

Item Overview

Title

Anthony H. G. Fokker, [Los Angeles], 1927

Date Created

[circa November, 1927]

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph is similar to one that appears with the caption, "Sixteen Years of Development Above--The latest Fokker plane, a trimotored, ten-passenger machine. Below (left)--Fokker's first plane with the builder at the controls, built in 1911; (right) Mr. and Mrs. A. H. G. Fokker," Los Angeles Times, 02 Nov. 1927: A5
Anthony Fokker poses for a photograph. He is viewed from the chest up and is positioned off-center to the left. He dons a subtly striped suit jacket and patterned tie as he smiles to the camera.
A similar photograph and 2 others appear together in a small photo spread that accompanies the article, "Plane Designer With Earliest and Latest Models: FOKKER URGES AIR SAFETY Inventor Says Passengers Will Fly When Planes Are More Stable and Comfortable," Los Angeles Times, 02 Nov. 1927: A5

Caption

Handwritten text from negative sleeve: Fokker, A. H. G. & Mrs.
Typescript from negative: A.H.G. Fokker

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs

Subjects

Business people--Dutch--California--Los Angeles
Business people--American--California--Los Angeles

Names

Fokker, Anthony H. G. (Anthony Herman Gerard), 1890-1939

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image