James Harold Doolittle with the medal awarded to Will Rogers, Santa Monica, 1935

Title: James Harold Doolittle with the medal awarded to Will Rogers, Santa Monica, 1935
Date Created: October 29, 1935
Date: 1935-10-29
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph appears with the article, "Mrs. Rogers Given Medal," Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct 1935: A1.
Major Doolittle stares at the box holding the medal in his hand.
Will Rogers was selected for the reward for meritorious service in the advancement of aeronautics a month before his fatal plane crash on August 16th. His widow Betty Rogers will be accepting the award posthumously.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2675- Maj. Jas. H. Doolittle (with Will Rogers Placque) 10/28/35 [stamped:] Nov 4 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Maj. James H. Doolittle with the medal for meritorious service in the advancement of aviation which was presented yesterday to Mrs. Betty Rogers, widow of Will Rogers.
Handwritten on negative: 109 109 Maj. Jas. H. Doolittle- with will Rogers Placque - 10/28/35

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9200
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dh73q
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