2005.24.13

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Ryan, Redding Ca......
1927
3.5 in HIGH x 5.875 in WIDE
(8.89 cm HIGH x 14.92 cm WIDE)
Gift of Glenn Lane
2005.24.13

Printed on the back, "Redding," "Enterprise Airfield, 1927, Ryan M-1"





Photograph of an airplane on the ground at Enterprise Airfield, Redding, California. Art Starbuck is the pilot. A crowd of men and boys has gathered around the plane and a Red Crown gasoline truck. (The plane is a Ryan M-1. Printed on the side of the plane is "Pafic Transport."

Red Crown was an early Standard Oil Company brand. The truck is making a real "pit stop" to fuel the airplane.

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