Title:
Edwin Markham [picture] : California poet with flight attendant Clara Johnson at the
Oakland Municipal Airport.
Creator:
Rogers, Edward A. "Doc", 1873-1960.
Subject:
Poets, American - 20th century - California - Oakland - Portraits.
Airline industry -
California - Oakland - History - Pictorial works.
Markham, Edwin - 1852-1940 - Portraits.
Metropolitan Oakland International Airport
(Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.
Aero Educational Research Organization - Pictorial
works.
Description:
From the Joseph R. Knowland collection at the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public
Library. The photograph depicts Edwin Markham at the Oakland Airport after his first airplane
trip from Los Angeles, posing with flight attendant Harriet Johnson. Following the flight, he
was made the poet laureate of the Aero Educational Research Organization. Johnson made the
award. Number in collection : 197.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Date:
1933 November 24
Type:
image
Format:
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Identifier:
copl_042
Knowland Neg. 197
Coverage:
Oakland (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.
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