Two photos

Photograph

Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Two photos

Entry/Object ID

2009.2.10

Description

2 photos: Left photo is captioned "Four local lovely lassies--do you know them? (L to R--Alma Baltistini, Anita "Cavagnaro" Cerletti, Medline "Bonagiuso" Rossi, and Edith "Barani" McGraw.)" Right photo is captioned "November 23, 1929, Amelia Earhart--the transatlantic aviatrix, set a new world speed record for women today when she averaged 185.17 miles an hour over a four-mile course. She exceeded by more than 30 miles the former mark of 150 miles an hour established by Mrs. Louis Thaden one year ago. One one lap, Miss Earhart attained a maximum speed of 197.28 miles an hour. The time watches will be submitted to the Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C." From "Napa County Record 20th Anniversary Edition - January 29, 1969 - Page 61"

Collection

Photographs

Acquisition

Accession

2009.2

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

Jan 29, 1969

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Aviation personnel, Aviators, World records

Search Terms

Baltistini, Alma, Cerletti, Anita, Rossi, Madeline, McGraw, Edith, Earhart, Amelia, Cerletti, Anita "Cavagnaro", Rossi, Madeline "Bonagiuso", McGraw, Edith "Barani", Aviation personnel, Aviators, World records, Thaden, Louise, Thaden, Louis

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Baltistini, Alma

Person or Organization

Cerletti, Anita

Person or Organization

Rossi, Madeline

Person or Organization

McGraw, Edith

Person or Organization

Earhart, Amelia

Person or Organization

Thaden, Louise

Create Date

January 24, 2009

Update Date

March 17, 2023