PCAD - Vail Field, Los Angeles, CA

Structure Type: built works - infrastructure - transportation structures - airports

Portrait of Edmond S. Meany, c. 1925; from the University of Washington, Botanic Gardens, Elizabeth C. Miller Library

Los Angeles, CA

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This airport existed in the 1920s-1940s near the cities of Commerce, CA, and Montebello, CA. In 09/1927, Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of Saint Louis" airplane was displayed at Vail Field.

PCAD id: 2926

Publications

Comprehensive report on the master plan of airports for the Los Angeles County Regional Planning District, 1940. Waugh, Josh, "UW's swanky transformation", Daily of the University of Washington, 4, 2012-10-11. Yun, Esther, "UW receives gift of cherry trees from the people of Japan", Daily of the University of Washington, 122: 133, 1-2, 2014-05-21.

Links

Jasper Newton Fields/Field Time Line Meany, Edmond Stephen (1862-1935) UW plan to raze old dorms, raise rents in new ones worries students UW ramping up $833M housing plan