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Three men installing airport runway light
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Cessna taking off at airport with man standing next to the runway waving.
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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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Original installation 66 KV cable, Hughes Airport [Culver City], Installing Terminal Potheads, 1946
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Same as SCE MP 553, SCE MP 559. Note on original containers. Reel 1: "Original installation 66 KV cable, Hughes Airport, Santa Monica 1946, Installing Terminal Potheads." Reel 2: "Original Installation, 66 KV cable, Hughes Airport, Santa Monica 1946." Reel 3: "Original installation 66 KV cable, Hughes Airport, Santa Monica 1946, Installing Oil Reserves". Format of original: U-Matic
SCE MP 536
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Men filming Army and Navy planes flying over a runway, Riverside. 1937
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