Photograph: Tiny Broadwick lands in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California

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Title:
Photograph: Tiny Broadwick lands in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
Date Created:
1913-06-21
Description:
A picture of the first landing Tiny Broadwick made from a airplane, at Griffith Park, June 21, 1913. "This picture was taken in action shot, and was a stand up landing." Tiny was born in Granville County, North Carolina and she was the first woman to make a parachute jump from an airplane.
Subjects:
Brown, Georgia Thompson, 1893--1978 Parachuting Skydiving Skydivers Aircraft industry--United States--History Stunt flying
Location:
Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
Source:
Tiny Broadwick Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina
Source Identifier:
PC 1567
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Photograph: Tiny Broadwick lands in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California". Tiny Broadwick Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina.
Reference Link:
https://she-changed-world.cb.ncpedia.org/items/coll049.html
Rights
The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.
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