Book or Pamphlet
Air Race Program
| Back and front covers of the program for the 1939 National Air Races, with a special label acknowledging the role of Harry Bruno as publicist for the Bendix Trophy Race. The Bruno papers are available for research at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. |
| Image ID: | 11778 |
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| Creation Date: | 1939 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Harry A. Bruno papers, 1919-1969 |
| Genre: | Book or Pamphlet |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | U.S. Mss 53AF |
| Original Dimensions: | 19 x 13 inches |
| In 1939 the Bendix Trophy, the long distance race from Los Angeles to Cleveland, was won by Frank Fuller in a SEV-S2, a precursor of the World War II era fighter planes. The program cover, however, illustrates the more popular closed-course Thompson Trophy race which was won by Roscoe Turner. |
| Airplane racing |
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| Airplanes |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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