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Title: [Men in front of Lockheed 12A Electra Junior Airplanes] ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: March 1940..Place: Houston, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Description: A group of men standing in front of three Lockheed Model 12A Electra Junior aircraft, belonging to the Oil Country Services Manufacturing Company and the Superior Oil Company, at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas...Physical Description: 1 transparency: film, color; 10 x 13 cm. ..File: ag1982_0234_2116_K13_sm_opt.jpg .ryr/id/1420/ryr/id/1420 ) ..View the Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection

Robert Yarnall Richie (1908-1984) worked as a free-lance commercial and industrial photographer for many large corporations including those in the automobile, aviation, chemical, mining, petroleum, railroad, shipping, steel and other industries, both in the U.S. and overseas. The collection, held by Southern Methodist University's DeGolyer Library, contains corporate and industrial photographs made by Richie from 1932-1975. Southern Methodist University's Central University Libraries (CUL) Digital Collections includes the digital libraries and online digital collections from the six Central University Libraries. Our ongoing projects include the creation of digital collections of Mexican photographs, locomotives, Texas history, art, and currency notes, and more.

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electra jr lockheed 12 l 12 lockheed model 12 lockheed model 12 a c 40 d uc 40 d airplanes petroleum industry aircraft industry lockheed aircraft corporation oil country services manufacturing company oc s mfg co superior oil company houston hobby airport men lockheed aircraft kodachrome ww 2 bombers manufacturing aircraft 1940 s aircrafts 1940 s southern methodist university robert yarnall richie houston texas
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Robert Richie, Southern Methodist University's Libraries

Robert Yarnall Richie (1908-1984) photographs made in 1932-1975
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electra jr lockheed 12 l 12 lockheed model 12 lockheed model 12 a c 40 d uc 40 d airplanes petroleum industry aircraft industry lockheed aircraft corporation oil country services manufacturing company oc s mfg co superior oil company houston hobby airport men lockheed aircraft kodachrome ww 2 bombers manufacturing aircraft 1940 s aircrafts 1940 s southern methodist university robert yarnall richie houston texas