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Landing Field

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View from inside doorway of a hangar toward a man near an airplane at the landing field of an aerial mail station. Hills or mountains are in the distance.

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Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 13 x 11 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
Call Number (A6)01533

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W011J6U
Legacy ID
WHi 71881

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