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University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History George T. Cussen collection on aviation
Collection
Identifier: 0053
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Cussen's personal scrapbook pages, books and photographs pertaining to the commercial aeronautic industry from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a collection of World War I & II war effort posters and maps.
Dates:
1918 - 1963
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
USC Library of Aeronautical History C. S. James collection on aviation
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0056
Abstract
Photographs, correspondence, ephemera pertaining to the history of Western Air Lines (Western Air Express). Charles N. James (a.k.a. James James, Jimmy James) flew the first Air mail run with Fred Kelly from Salt Lake to LA in seven hours, in 1926. He was a pilot for Western Air Express and later Vice-President in charge of operations at Western Airlines (1938-1950). He then became Security Manager with Bendix West Coast Division.
Dates:
1918 - 1957
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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