Western Air Express Airmail Bi-Plane
Photographer
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
Dateca. 1940
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11.3 × 16.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Bill Laskar
Object numberPA1996.021.048
DescriptionAn open cockpit bi-plane sits on a runway in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Writing on the tail of the plane reads, "Western Air Express C150". The words, "U.S. Airmail Route #4" is painted on the fuselage of the plane. A man wearing a leather aviator's cap sits in the second seat.On View
Not on view
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
August 12, 1941
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1960
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1965
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1960
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1965
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1965
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1965
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1960
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1965
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
1973
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1978
Basil K. "Bill" Laskar (April 18, 1921, Chicago, IL - January 13, 2007, Albuquerque, NM)
ca. 1977