Guatemalan contestants at dedication of the Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Guatemalan contestants at dedication of the Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, 1929

Date Created

February 23, 1929

Date

1929-02-23

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Beauty contestants representing Guatemala ride in a cart hauled by two oxen at dedication of the Grand Central Air Terminal. The event is reported in "AIRPORT EVENT SET FOR TODAY: Glendale Field Dedication Will be Gala Affair Governor Due to Officiate at Formal Ceremony Stunts and Array of Notables to Feature Occasion," Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 1929: A3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Pickwick Airways.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

10 x 12.5 cm.

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Grand Central Air Terminal (Glendale, Calif.)
Pickwick Airways

Location

Glendale (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dedications--California--Glendale
Guatemalan Americans--California--Glendale
Beauty contestants--California--Glendale
Spectators--California--Glendale
Airports--California--Glendale