Charlie Schwarz, pilot Shirley J. Short, Elmer Kane, Charles Ford, and William Bliss with Chicago Daily News airplane ready for flight to Beaver Island - Chicago Daily News, Inc.

DN-0087714

Title: Charlie Schwarz, pilot Shirley J. Short, Elmer Kane, Charles Ford, and William Bliss with Chicago Daily News airplane ready for flight to Beaver Island Description: Informal full-length group portrait of pilot Shirley J. Short, Charlie Schwarz, Elmer Kane, Charles Ford, and William Bliss standing in front of a Chicago Daily News airplane, which had medecine for pneumonia sufferers, on a snow-covered field, ready for a flight to Beaver Island, Michigan. One of the men is holding a camera and tripod, and bags are sitting on the ground in the foreground. Text on airplane reads: Universal Air Lines. An airplane hangar with a sign for Universal Air Lines is visible in the background. Date Depicted: 1929 Creator: Chicago Daily News, Inc. Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: glass negatives Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: DN-0087714, Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum Accession Number: 1960.784 Storage Location: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum Horizon Bib. No.: 133784 Max Pixels - Width: 495 Max Pixels - Height: 394 Help improve this content