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File:Airman wearing Mae west.jpg

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English: Member of U.S. Army Air Corp donning oxygen apparatus for high altitude flying and wearing a "Mae West" life preserver.
  • One of the "Flying Sergeants" dons his oxygen apparatus for high altitude flying. Immediately over his heavy flying suit is his "Mae West" life preserver, which is easily inflated. Lake Muroc, California
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Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-002916-D

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID fsa.8d04741.
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Author
Russell Lee  (1903–1986)  wikidata:Q514628
 
Russell Lee
Alternative names
Russell Werner Lee
Description American photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death 21 July 1903 Edit this at Wikidata 28 August 1986 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ottawa Austin
Work period 1936-1943 Farm Security Administration, 1950s/1960s Industrial photography (Standard Oil New Jersey, Aramco, J&L Steel), 1965-1973 University of Texas
Work location
United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q514628

Licensing

Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.

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