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Photograph of pilots with boy scout knife, late 1930s

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Date

1935 to 1939

Description

Western Airlines' first pilot Fred Kelly, showing a boy scout knife to other veteran flier Jimmy James on the left. Center, company engineer Herbert Hoover, Jr. son of the late President. They are standing beside a Douglas M-2 biplane, the type of aircraft first used in 1926 by Western Airlines (originally called Western Air Express Corporation).

Digital ID

pho020113

Physical Identifier

0045_0035
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Citation

pho020113. Florence Lee Jones Cahlan Photographs. PH-00045. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1sn01830.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Extent

5760 x 4760 pixels
9.60 x 7.93 inches
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Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff