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Display 13-June-2003 - Order a copy of this image
Use the browser [Back] button to return to your search results | | SERIES: | D779- 8 |
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DATE: | 06-00-1937 |
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DESCRIPTION: | Nearly 50,000 spectators watched as Tommy Thompson, the "Bat Man", attempted to soar over Mueller-Harkins airport on June 13, 1937 at the first Tacoma Air Circus. When he stepped from the plane that had carried him aloft, a gust of wind tore the canvas webbing that supported his wings, and spinning like a top, he plunged toward the earth. Luckily he was wearing two parachutes. Although the first became tangled in his wings, the second brought him safely to land - although one of his wings was bent. The air circus was sponsored by the Young Men's Business Club of Tacoma. (T. Times). |
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IMAGETYPE: | Black & White |
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ORIGINALNEG: | 4x5" |
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NEGATIVETYPE: | Safety Film |
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SUBJECTS: | Air shows--Tacoma--1930-1940; Young Men's Business Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; |
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COLLECTION: | Richards Studio Collection |
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