Julian K. Lyles, Grace Richardson, Hugh L. Smith, and Ralph S. Damon land after a sleeper flight at the Grand Central Terminal, Glendale, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Julian K. Lyles, Grace Richardson, Hugh L. Smith, and Ralph S. Damon land after a sleeper flight at the Grand Central Terminal, Glendale, 1934

Date Created

April 1934

Date

1934-04

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Similar photograph appears with the article, "First Pullman Plane Arrives," Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr 1934: 18.
The Curtiss Wright Condor is a small black aircraft close to the ground. Lyles stands to one side of the plane's steps and Smith and Damon stand on the other side. Grace Richardson stands at the top of the steps, halfway out of the plane.
The Curtiss-Wright Condor completed the first scheduled trip taken by a sleeper plane over a commercial air route; the passengers included Julian K. Lyles, southern division manager of American Airways, Grace Richardson, chief stewardess, Hugh L. Smith, operations manager, southern division, and Ralph S. Damon, president of the Curtiss-Wright Airplane Company, who was the builder and designer of the plane.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: LYLES, JULIAN K. AMER. AIR LINES X

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Lyles, Julian Knox, 1904-1966
Grand Central Air Terminal (Glendale, Calif.)
Richardson, Grace
American Airlines
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Damon, Ralph S. (Ralph Shepard), 1897-1956
Smith, Hugh L.

Location

Glendale (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People associated with transportation
Airplanes--American--California--Glendale