H96.1.2361

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1935
8 in HIGH x 10 in WIDE
(20.32 cm HIGH x 25.40 cm WIDE)
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers
H96.1.2361






Typed paper attached to the back, "Caption- CHINA CLIPPER: another historic East Bay flight took place on November 22, 1935, when Pan American Airlines' China clipper took off from the Oakland Estuary on the first successful trans-Pacific commercial flight, to Manila, by way of Honolulu." Photo shows the China Clipper in the water, either taking off or landing. In the background are the buildings of the estuary.

Used: Oakland Tribune

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