Will Witherby and fellow passengers board a plane bound for Chicago at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Will Witherby and fellow passengers board a plane bound for Chicago at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

August, 1948

Date

1948-08

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Distant photograph of Will Witherby and his fellow passengers boarding a plane bound for Chicago at Los Angeles Airport. A chain-link fence, lined by a tarp, stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. Beyond it, the airport's grounds sprawl into the distance. A few fenced-in gates stand in the near distance along the left edge. To the right of the gates, a luggage cart sits on the tarmac. Behind the cart, a mobile staircase stands. At right, the left wing and fuselage of a plane enters frame and faces away from camera. A few workers stand beneath it. In the distance at center, Will Witherby and others stand at the base of aircraft steps leading up to their plane. The equipment and planes are embellished with the Trans World Airlines logo, "TWA." The airport's runways are barely visible in the far distance. Wide, opaque bands of white originate in the lower left and lower right corners and extend upwards along their respective edges.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2399. Los Angeles Airport Aug. 1948. 1. L to R: Will Witherby Dode Witherby Zetta Witherby Mertie West. Some stranger in rear 2. Will Witherby is between the two planes, waving his arm high in the air good bye as he takes plane for Chicago 3. Will Witherby going up gangway into plane with other passengers

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Trans World Airlines
Los Angeles International Airport
Witherby, William M., 1874-1962

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Air travel
Aircraft--American--California--Los Angeles