[Lawrence Brown and Ruth Wightman with unidentified aircraft]

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Identifier2023-08-30_image_085SourceThe Ralph A. Newcomb Early California Aviation Photograph Collection (2023-08-30), Box 1, Folder 3DescriptionPhotograph of pilots Lawrence Brown (left) and Ruth Wightman (right) with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. A clipping about Brown and Wingman is glued to the image.

Clipping text: "Lawrence Brown, of Venice, [crossed out: 'Illinois'] [handwritten: 'Cal'], has been doing some excellent exhibition flying in the Middle West during the past week. / C. O. Prest, the instructor of the Riverside Aircraft Co., Riverside, Cali., has a large class of students on hand. Miss Ruth Wightman promises to be one of his star pupils."

Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.Creation Datecirca 1910s-1920sSubjectAir pilotsWightman, Ruth, 1897-1939Women in aviationWomen air pilotsBrown, Lawrence W.Extent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 7 x 5 inLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Ralph A. Newcomb Early California Aviation Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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CollectionRalph A. Newcomb Early California Aviation Photograph CollectionCollection AreaArchivesPersonRuth Wightman

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