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Photograph of McCarran Field, March 15, 1941

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Date
1941-03-15
Description
Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Dedication of McCarran Field, March 15, 1941. Selected in 1928 as the airport for the western Air Express on its regular (?) between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. From the tiny Douglas M-2 flown by the original "Four Hasmen" of WAE (Westcliff Airport Express), Jamie (?) James, Fred Kelly I, Al De Garmes (?) and Maruice Graham (?)." Site Name: McCarran Field (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Digital ID
pho014402
Physical Identifier
0062_0074
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1n87323r
Details
Subject
airports
Airplanes
airports
Airplanes
Deserts
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
McCarran Field, 1941 March 15
Citation

pho014402. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Photograph Collection. PH-00062. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1n87323r.

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Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff