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1. Description of First International Air Meet in the United States, January 1910 between Arboretum and Dominguez Hills. 2. Copy of Official Program for First International Air Meet. 3. "America's First International Air Meet," Historical Society of Southern California publication, December, 196…
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1. Description of First International Air Meet in the United States, January 1910 between Arboretum and Dominguez Hills.
2. Copy of Official Program for First International Air Meet.
3. "America's First International Air Meet," Historical Society of Southern California publication, December, 1961.
4. "Frenchman flies on wings of winds distance 45 miles." Headlines following Paulhan's distance record, 1910. Copied from: Hatfield, David. Dominguez Air Meet. 629.13 H. p. 101
5. Map of Paulhan's route to Arcadia and return. ibid.
6. "Seven aeroplanes in action July 4th." News article June 29, 1918.
7. Daring aviator, Louis Paulhan, guides biplane at high speed from Dominguez to Santa Anita Race Track and returns. Tuesday, January 18, 1910 - the Ninth Day. Arcadia was reached in thirty minutes. Details of the day copied from : Hatfield, David. Dominguez Air Meet. 629.13 H, p. 101-113.
8. Roster of Members. January 1, 1993. The Early Birds of Aviation, Inc., an organization of pioneers in aeronautics who flew solo before December 17, 1916.
Subjects
Aeronautics
Item ID
1AF
Collection
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Goodyear blimp VOLUNTEER is seen stopping at Ross Field Balloon School in 1929. Five automobiles are seen parked and interested spectators are standing nearby. The two large hangars at the extreme west portion of the Balloon School land are seen in background.

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1929
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Date
1929
Subjects
Balloon School
Aeronautics
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
862
Collection
Photographs
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NASA Ambassador Rosanne Sachson to speak at Arcadia Woman's Club meeting on March 4, 2020. The topic will be Apollo: to the moon and beyond, about how Apollo 11's Moon landing on July 20, 1969 brings us to today's space accomplishments and where NASA is headed in their next missions.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2020
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p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia Woman's Club
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Sachson, Rosanne
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Newspaper Index
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Photo of Louis Paulhan flying his Farman plane on its return to Aviation Park after setting an air distance record by flying to circle the Baldwin Ranch and returning to Dominguez Hills. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date
January 1910
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Date
January 1910
Subjects
Aeronautics
Paulhan, Louis
Physical Description
7x9 b&w
ID
1131
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View (we do not known which direction camera is looking) of Goodyear blimp VOLUNTEER when it stopped at Ross Field Balloon School. About 11 people seen to be gathered near it. On right side of photo is a long barracks-like building.

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Date
1929
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Date
1929
Subjects
Balloon School
Aeronautics
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
863
Collection
Photographs
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