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 Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.
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
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

Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

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

Names

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

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image