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[DeMille Field]

Description: Photograph of DeMille Field. Text on the reverse reads: "DeMille Field No. 2 (Mercury Aviation CO.). Wilshire Blvd. & Fairfax Ave. (Crescent Ave.) Looking north to the Hollywood Hills up Fairfax. Wilshire runs right to left in the foreground. The Goodyear 'Pony' blimp is about to land on the field."
Date: [1918..1919]
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Aviator]

Description: Photograph of an aviator standing in front of an airplane. The individual wears an aviator cap, goggles, a coat, and sweater.
Date: [1918..1920]
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Group of men by plane]

Description: Photograph of men standing in front of an airplane. Text on the reverse reads: "From left to right - Harry Rice, Universal Exploitation Manager, Lieutenant Ralph Diggins, pilot, Locklear himself, Fred Rochester, Publicity Manager Morris & Company, George W. Brow, General Sales Agent Curtiss Aeroplane Manufacturing Co., Jack Curran, former British Aviation Officer -- taken on the field just before plane left for Chicago's loop."
Date: [1918..1920]
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Locklear and actress]

Description: Photograph of Ormer Locklear and an actress. Locklear's head is bandaged. His left hand rests on her left hip. Behind the pair, a mustachioed man looks over Locklear's shoulder.
Date: [1918..1920]
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Actors and plane]

Description: Photograph of three men standing in front of a biplane. One man, center, wears a dark jumpsuit with a skull and crossbones emblem on it. The other two men wear trench coats and aviator caps with goggles pulled over them.
Date: unknown
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Film makers and plane]

Description: Photograph of two men standing in front of a biplane. The biplanes nose touches the ground; the body of the plane is at a diagonal. The men wear newsboy hats, collared shirts, and pants tucked into work boots. A camera on a tripod is situated between them. One of the men, nearest the camera, holds one hand on his hip. The ground is covered in grass and trees are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Portrait of Viola Dana]

Description: Portrait of Viola Dana seated sideways in a chair, wearing a dress made out of silk and lace. Text on the picture reads: "Ormer liked this picture best of all because I look troubled."
Date: [1918..1920]
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Airplane Crashing Into a Building]

Description: Photograph of an airplane crashing into a steeple. Text on the reverse reads: "Ormer Locklear and Milton Elliott crash their Curtiss 'Jenny' into the break-away steeple of the First Baptist Church in Sunland for a scene in Willian Fox's The Skywayman. Note two stuntmen falling, during scuffle, from belfry. In movie, church is a schoolhouse. Villains were chased into school by hero Locklear. They are shown falling from steeple."
Date: [1920-06..1920-07]
Creator: Coffrin, W. Hank
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Airplane Next to Building]

Description: Photograph of a wooden building surrounded by picket fencing. The building has a turret and a small front porch. A biplane is parked outside of the building. Text on the reverse reads: "Just before the shooting begins on the William Fox Studio production of The Skywayman. Sam De Grasse (in flying gear at tail), ORmer Locklear and Louise Lovely."
Date: [1920-06..1920-07]
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas
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