Women's Air Derby racer Blanche W. Noyes, Santa Monica (probably), 1929

Title: Women's Air Derby racer Blanche W. Noyes, Santa Monica (probably), 1929
Date Created: [circa August 18, 1929]
Date: 1929-08-18
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Blanche Noyes was one of the twenty pilots who participated in the inaugural Women's Air Derby in August, 1929. This photograph was likely taken at the Santa Monica airport at the start of the Derby.
A similar photograph possibly taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Mrs. Noyes Conquers Fire in Air," Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug 1929: 2.
Noyes stands with one hand on her hip, smiling into the camera.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Noyes, Blanche W. Aviatrix, 1929

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6791
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cx2sm
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Rights Country: US
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