Name/Title
Reproduction of photo of Members of the Filipino Aviation Club, 1939Entry/Object ID
2007.36.1Description
ACC. NO. 07.36.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: AVIATION; FILIPINO
DATE OR PERIOD: 1939
OBJECT: PHOTO REPRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION: A COMPUTER-GENERATED COPY OF AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH. CAPTION READS, "MEMBERS OF THE FILIPINO AVIATION CLUB, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AIRDROME, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, USA, JUNE 11, 1939."
SIZE: L 11" X W 17”
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION WAS WRITTEN BY THE DONOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AIRDROME, WEST END, ALAMEDA, JUNE 11, 1939; "TOP ROW, FAR SIDE, OLIVER VALERIO OF ALAMEDA, FATHER OF 12 CHILDREN, WHO WERE IN THE 1966 FRONT PAGE PHOTOGRAPH, AN ARTICLE ON A MONTHLY MEET A KING, WEST ALAMEDA FAMILY, MARCH 1966. MR. VALERIO WAS AN AIRPLANE PILOT, FIRST SERGEANT OF THE FIRST U.S. FILIPINO BATTALION (BN), DURING WW-II, IN THE PACIFIC." IN THE FRONT OF THE PHOTO 19 INDIVIDUALS ARE POSED, ONE IS A WOMAN. THEY ARE POSED IN FRONT OF A SINGLE PROPELLER AIRPLANE.
DONOR: ROSALIE VALERIO, DAUGHTER OF OLIVER VALERIO,
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 8, 2007
