An advertising postcard for Aviation Week, Los Angeles
Entry/Object ID
2011.97.1.1
Description
An advertising postcard for Aviation Week, Los Angeles, postmarked 12 January 1910. The front has an image of an infant riding an aircraft with a Los Angeles banner on its rear wing. A box at the right reads "Los Angeles / (The Angels) / Why Shouldn't / We Fly? / Aviation Week / Jan. 10-20, 1910." On the reverse of the used card is a message that refers to the writer visiting the air meet at Dominguez Ranch in present Compton. With a significant puncture, creases, soiling and edge rubbing, the condition is fair.
