Print, Photographic

1949.068.0077

1949.068.0077

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1949.068.0077

Description

8X10, 1918, Rockwell Field Aviators, San Diego celebrating peace, Nov. 27, 1918. Update 2008: Black and white print. Image of a large number of bi-planes (two-winged aircraft) flying over a city. Multi-story stone/concrete buildings below with hundreds of people watching the planes from the rooftops. Label in lower right on original negative: "19(c)18 Kearny Photo Service Flight by Rockwell Field Aviators over San Diego celebrating peace-Nov. 27, 1918." Stamped on back in purple ink: "Plaza Souvenir Store 956 Third Street San Diego, Calif. Across from the Plaza". Upper corners bend-emulsion cracked; slight damage to other corners. Paper yellowed and slightly wrinkled. Soiled front and back; emulsion scratched.

Collection

Photograph Collection