Men filming Army and Navy planes flying over a runway, Riverside. 1937

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  Opening day, Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale. 1929

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  Crowds line the runway on the opening day of the Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, watching an airplane and a group of men on the runway. The men on the runway are wearing white coveralls with "Warren School of Aeronautics" on the back. The hangar in the background is still under construction.

  photCL Whitt 2815 ; Whitt neg. 2781

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  United Airport, military planes on runway, Burbank. April 26, 1930

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  A slightly elevated panoramic view of a runway full of airplanes at United Airport in Burbank. There are at least eight rows of three airplanes parked on the runway in the foreground. These are US Army Bomber aircraft, including the Curtiss B-2 and the Keystone LB-6. Beyond these there are dozens more, smaller planes, closely parked in rows of six to ten. The finding aid describes these airplanes as "military airplanes". Beyond the airport there are widely spread houses and, on the right, mountains. Writing in white in the bottom right reads "No. 1 ; Photo by ; F.M. Huddleston ; 4-26-1930".

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  United Airport, military planes on runway, Burbank. April 26, 1930

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  Canoes in a pool, Griffith Park, Los Angeles. 1930

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  Two canoes with two young men in each float in a pool at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. One of the boys in each boat is standing and holding a long pole with a padded end, which they are trying to push the other boy with. A crowd composed mostly of children and teenagers sit on the pool edge watching. A lifeguard sits in a raised chair.

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  Airplanes on runway, Fairchild Aerial Survey. approximately 1940

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