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Wilmington-Catalina Airlines

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1931 - 1941

Historical Note

Wilmington-Catalina Airlines Ltd. was an air taxi service that operated from 1931 to 1941. It was operated by The William Wrigley Jr. Company and flew between the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles and Catalina Island from Hamilton Cove Seaplane Base in California.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23
Abstract

The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.

Dates: 1910s-2020s

Robert L. Simons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview

Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.

Dates: 1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948

Additional filters:

Subject
8mm (photographic film size) 1
Air pilots, Military 1
Air shows 1
Airplane occupants 1
Airplane racing 1

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