Brown, Willa; Young, Perry; Airports, USA, Illinois (Il), Chicago, Harlem Airport. [photograph]

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Collection Item Summary:

Pilot Willa Brown (center) poses with Perry Young (right) and his mother Edith (left) at Harlem Airport, Chicago, Illinois, June 25, 1941. Inscribed at lower right corner: "Harlem Airport / June 25, 1941 / Compliment[s] of Leon Jay [sp?]."

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

  • Aeronautics
  • Air pilots
  • Women air pilots
  • Blacks in Aviation and Space Science
  • Women

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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Date

6/25/1941

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-91-15487

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