Name/Title
Photo of R. P. Bowman greeting aviatrix Louise Thaden, 1929Entry/Object ID
2008.42.1Description
Acc. No. 08.42.1
Subject Category: AVIATION
Date or Period:1929
Object: PHOTOGRAPH
Description: A BLACK-AND-WHITE GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTING A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND AN AIRPLANE.
Size: L 7" X W 10"
History of Object: A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LATE R. P. BOWMAN GREETING AN AVIATRIX, LOUISE THADEN, IN MARCH 1929. SHE IS PICTURED IN A BIPLANE WITH A PAINTED CAPTION ON THE BODY OF THE AIRPLANE STATING, "D. C. WARREN CO., TRAVEL AIR DISTRIBUTOR, OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (SAN FRANCISCO)." MR. BOWMAN WAS INVOLVED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRDROME PRESENT SITE OF THE COLLEGE OF ALAMEDA. HE WAS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY.
DONOR: ESTATE OF ARCHIE WATERBURY
CATALOGED: MAY 10, 2008
