Mary Wiggins, wearing parachute pack and smiling as she climbs onto plane, Los Angeles, 1931

Title: Mary Wiggins, wearing parachute pack and smiling as she climbs onto plane, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created: [circa August 16, 1931]
Date: 1931-08-16
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Photo appears with article "Thirteenth Parachute Jump Made: AVIATRICES RACE AND LEAP Florence Barnes Wins Major Contest in Day of Thrills as Curtain-Raiser for Derby Take-Off," Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug 1931: A1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Wiggins, Mary. Parachutist.
Text from newspaper caption: Jinx Successfully Defied by Girl. Mary Wiggins climbing aboard airplane that took her aloft to make her thirteenth parachute jump

Genre: news photographs
glass plate negatives
Names: Wiggins, Mary, 1909-1945
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.0160996
Latitude: -118.452723
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Women stunt performers--California--Los Angeles
Parachutists--California--Los Angeles
Parachuting--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3737_G5543
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002pqv6
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