Parachute jumper Stanley Lewis, Alhambra, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Parachute jumper Stanley Lewis, Alhambra, 1936

Date Created

April 27, 1936

Date

1936-04-27

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

21-year-old Stanley Lewis of 1822 1/2 Cedar Street, Alhambra tells of falling at speeds of 125 miles an hour and the times when he has narrowly escaped death due to parachute malfunctions.
Photograph appears with the article, "Weekly Plane Jumps Enjoyed by Alhambran," Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr 1936: 11.

Caption

Stanley holds a large parachute bundle in front of him as he stands in front of a biplane.
Text from negative sleeve: 4741 Apr 12 1936 Stanley Lewis of San Gabriel Parachute Jumper 4-7-36
Handwritten on negative: Stanley Lewis
Text from newspaper caption: Stanley Lewis of Alhambra buckles on his parachute in preparation for making one of his weekly jumps from over Monrovia Field from a plane piloted by Ted Hamm of California Air SErvice. His Sunday dives have thrilled thousands of spectators for months and he says he gets a bigger thrill than any of the onlookers. He recently escaped death by a narrow margin when his two 'chutes became entangled.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Lewis, Stanley

Location

Alhambra (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Stunt performers--California--Alhambra
Biplanes--American--California--Alhambra
Parachutists--California--Alhambra