2005.24.16

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1929-1930
3.75 in HIGH x 4.75 in WIDE
(9.52 cm HIGH x 12.06 cm WIDE)
Gift of Glenn Lane
2005.24.16

Stockton written in the narrow margin at the bottom of the photo.
Printed on the back is "A 49", and an encircled one is written in pencil.





Photograph of an aviator, perhaps Burt Lane, who landed his plane in the city limits of Stockton in order to buy gasoline. He pulled into a Standard Oil Company station and is being serviced with Red Crown gasoline. Dog in the photograph is looking beyond the immediate scene.

See the Stockton Record News in 1929 or 1930 for the full story.

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