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McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 315
Parent Collection:
William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection
Date:
11/22/1935
Subject:
China Clipper, Alameda
Description:
Caption: "The China Clippers [sic] First Start Across the Pacific Ocean. Nov. 22, 1935." View of the China Clipper, a Martin M-130 four-engine flying boat constructed for Pan American Airways in 1935. One of the largest planes of its time, the China Clipper flew the first transpacific commercial airmail flight between San Francisco and Manila in the Philippines. The China Clipper was destroyed in a crash ten years later, in January 1945, at the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Identifier:
96-07-08-alb11-315
Contributor:
No data available for this field
Publisher:
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Right:
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source:
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Format:
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
