Name/Title
Newspaper clipping of a letter by Ethel Jean Kibbe, 1965Entry/Object ID
1998.103.6Description
ACC. NO. 98.103.6
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1965
OBJECT: CLIPPING, NEWSPAPER
DESCRIPTION:
PHOTOCOPY OF A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION IN BLACK-COLORED TYPE, "TRIBUNE EDITORIAL."
SIZE: L 8-1/2" X W 5-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
LETTER, WRITTEN BY ETHEL JEAN KIBBE OF ALAMEDA, WHICH APPEARED IN THE MARCH 8, 1965 EDITION OF THE "TRIBUNE EDITORIAL," IN WHICH SHE STATES HER PERSONAL THRILL IN HAVING BEEN A PASSENGER IN A TWIN-MOTORED HELICOPTER FROM THE OAKLAND HELIPORT. MS KIBBE WAS AN EARLY AVIATRIX. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN AVIATOR (1911-1912). SHE WROTE, "OFFICIALLY THIS IS THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY OPERATED PASSENGER ROOF-TOP HELIPORT IN THE WORLD."
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS WILLIAM F MURRAY
CATALOGED: JANUARY 24, 1998