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| Title | Ruby Johnson, operator at Hector Airport, takes a call from Bill Odom on his round the world flight, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1947-08-10 |
| Creator | Herron, Gifford, 1912-1969
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | A seated woman speaking into a microphone inside of a communications room at Hector Airport to aviator Bill Odom. Other communication equipment surrounds her. She appears to be taking notes on a piece of paper. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Transportation
Women
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Women
Telephone operators
Telephone switchboards
Telephones
Communication facilities
Interiors
Airport terminals
Airports
Communication devices
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| Personal Name | Johnson, Ruby
Odom, Bill, 1920-1949
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| Organization Name | Hector International Airport
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1940-1949
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| Item Number | 2035.159 |
| Negative Number | 2035.159 |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 10 x 13 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "Calling Bombshell 7834 was the message flashed many times Sunday from the CAA communications station at Hector airport as Bill Odom flew into Fargo for his first stop on his return to the United States on his record breaking world flight. Miss Ruby Johnson, operator, above, was in touch with him almost constantly from the time he crossed the Canadian border until he landed at Hector airport here." - Caption with photograph published in the Fargo Forum & Daily Republican, Aug. 11, 1947, p. 7. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Contributor | Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Biography/History | William P. "Bill" Odom set out on a solo round the world flight, August 7, 1947 in a converted Army A-26 bomber called the Bombshell. His 73 hour, 5 minute flight broke the solo round the world flight record set by Wiley Post in 1933. Odom refueled in Fargo before landing at Chicago's Douglas Airport on August 11. Bill Odom's career as a record breaking aviator was cut short when he died in a airplane crash at the Cleveland National Air Races in Berea, Ohio in 1949. |
| External Resource | Consult: http://www.wingnet.org/rtw/rtw003i.htm |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo Forum Negative Collection 2035
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/971 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2035.159) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs000133 |
