Name/Title
Photos of relating to the San Francisco Bay Airdrome, c. 1930sEntry/Object ID
1998.307.1Description
Acc. No. 98.307.1 (a-i)
Subject Category: Aviation - San Francisco Bay Airdrome - Alameda Point
Date or Period: Ca. 1930's
Object: Photographs
Description: Set of modern glossy black/white photocopies, unmounted. Photographers unknown. All are part of the Ray P. Bowman Aeronautical Collection. Sizes: #a - L-14 x W-11; #b-i: L-8 x W-10 in.
History of Object: Set of aeronautical views taken at, or in connection with, the San Francisco Bay Airdrome, Alameda Point: a) Franklin Rose of Varney Airlines greeting San Francisco Mayor James Rolph (1933); b) aerial view of airport showing the main hangar (1936); c) main hangar, close up; d) aerial view of proposed airdrome sight (1927); e) aerial view of S.F.B.A.; f) Stearman-Hammond airplane, S.F.B.A.; g) Standard Oil's Boeing 80-A at S.F.B.A. dedication; h) TWA's 4-engine Fokker at S.F.B.A.; i) Standard Oil's three Stearman-Hammond bi-planes flying over San Francisco during dedication of S.F.B.A. (1930).
Acquired from: Ray P. Bowman
Date: 9/19/98
