Col. Richard Barnitz meets with Archibald Young, chairman of the Citizens' Relief Committee, to discuss a $500,000 improvement project for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. The intent of the project was to provide jobs and boost morale.
Col. Richard Barnitz meets with Archibald Young, chairman of the Citizens' Relief Committee, to discuss a $500,000 improvement project for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. The intent of the project was to provide jobs and boost morale.
A similar photograph of the Missing Link autogiro in flight is captioned, "Crowd Marvels at Strange Aircraft Autogiro as it appeared when dropping vertically to the ground at Los Angeles Airport and inset, John Miller of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., pilot of machine's first transcontinental trip," Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1931: A3
Barnitz, in suit jacket and bow tie, writes on a sheet of paper with a pen. On his desk there are various sheets of paper, rolled-up blueprint plans, a paper weight, and an ink well. On the wall behind him is a calendar. Behind him and to the right, is a window with the shade pulled down.