Ernest Gilman Button with the memorial plaque for Peyton C. March, Jr., Riverside, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Ernest Gilman Button with the memorial plaque for Peyton C. March, Jr., Riverside, 1936

Date Created

August 10, 1936

Date

1936-08-10

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

After the dedication of the field there will be an open house at the post affording the opportunity for anyone to see hangars, airplanes, armaments, and other features of the air defense post. The plaque will be placed on a giant boulder in a cactus garden laid out in a triangular park.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Plaque Dedication Set for March Field Today," Los Angeles Times, 09 Aug 1936: A7.
Button holds up his plaque which reads: MARCH FIELD THIS UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS FLYING FIELD IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PEYTON C. MARCH, JR., SECOND LIEUTENANT 182D AERO SQUADRON WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT AT FORT WORTH TEXAS, FEBRUARY 13, 1918 THIS MONUMENT PRESENTED BY RIVERSIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JULY 1, 1936

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 6285 - Ernest G. Button of Riverside Pres. of Riverside CofC plaque dedication March Field named for Lieut. Payton C. March Jr. 8/8/36 [stamped:] Aug 10 1936
Handwritten on negative: Ernest G. Button of Riverside Cal 8/8/36

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

March, Peyton Conway, Jr., 1896-1918
Button, Ernest Gilman, 1882-1965
March Air Force Base (Calif.)

Location

Riverside (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Monuments & memorials--California--Riverside