Zensaku Azuma next to the plane he would fly from United States to Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1930

Title: Zensaku Azuma next to the plane he would fly from United States to Tokyo, Los Angeles, 1930
Date Created: June 15, 1930
Date: 1930-06-15
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Pilot Zensaku Azuma beside his plane on which is painted "City of Tokyo / U.S.A. To Japan" and an inscription in Japanese. Azuma flew from Los Angeles to New York. He then had his plane shipped to London, from which he flew to Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Siberia, and then on to Korea and Japan. This image appears with the article "Dream Built on Chop Suey: Japanese Restaurant Man Ready to Fly Home as Climax to Years of Planning," Los Angeles Times, 4 Jun. 1930: A2.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Tokio Air Argosy Soon to be Started; Zensaku Azuma and Plane That Chop Suey Bought.
Handwritten on negative: Zensaku Azuma
Text from negative sleeve: Azuma, Zensaku. Pilot

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3692_G240
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002ndsc
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