Roscoe Turner's Wedell-Williams Aircraft
Date1935
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions2 3/8 × 4 3/16 in. (6.1 × 10.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.072
DescriptionMen re-fuel and work on Roscoe Turner's Wedell-Williams Racing Aircraft at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two men stand behind the wing and speak to Turner in the cockpit. A crowd watches in the background. Handwriting on the front of the photograph reads, "R. Turner 1935".
Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Roscoe Turner in his Wedell-Williams #57 being serviced in the Bendix Race 1935. In picture is Walt Schummer with funnel. Frank Speakman, manager, and James Oxnard."
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