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Rare photos. Early female aviator Jimmie Kolp, Big Band, Golf 1904-70 (Trabuco Canyon)
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Also many Big Band photos related to her brother Bruce Hudson who was active in the 1940's Big Band scene. Related photos of Ray McKinley, Bruce Hudson, Golf Pro's, Hollywood movies and some early senators and political figures.
Call me for details on these items. 100's of photos, Several CDVs, Cabinet photos, Tintypes and scrap book items ranging from the late 1800's - 1970's.
$500.00 for the entire collection.
Too many to show in this listing.
The paintings and 2 sketches by Jimmie Kolp shown in 2 of the pictures will be sold separately and can be purchased individually for $25.00 each, or all together for $250.00.
Mrs. Jimmie Kolp, one of the first Texas women to earn a pilot's license. Her flying career which carried her all over the world began in 1929 when she was given an airplane and her own airport by her late husband, D.F. Kolp. She had become interested in aviation a year earlier when she spotted a plane overhead as she left an Electra, TX movie theatre. That afternoon she went for her first plane ride.
Mrs. Kolp was the first woman in Wichita County, the third in the state of Texas and the 39th in the nation to qualify for a pilot's license. She also was the first woman commissioned by the Civil Air Patrol in Texas during World War II.
She served on former President Lyndon Johnson's Federal Aviation Administration women's advisory committee on aviation, was president of the Texas Private Flier's Association and was a member of Sportsman Pilots and Silver Wings, only open to pilots having flown more than 25 years. She also participated in air races across the nation. Mrs. Kolp was a member of the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of licensed women pilots formed by the late Amelia Earhart in 1929. She was instrumental in the organization's successful efforts to establish a women aviator's museum at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.
She was survived by her brother, Bruce Hudson of Glendale, Calif. at the time of her death in 1970.
Rare images of aviation history and other historical figures.
See sample pics. A few other pics can be viewed with this same post listed in other categories.
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