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RAC14 Woodrum Field

FILES

RAC14 Woodrum Field.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

RAC14 Woodrum Field

Description

This photograph was taken three days before the dedication and renaming of Roanoke Municipal Airport to Woodrum Field. The airport is receiving a final inspection, having just undergone a $400,000 multifaceted construction project as a WPA Certified National Defense Project. Shown here, from left to right are: A.M. Mayre, WPA district director and construction supervisor; W.P. Hunter, Roanoke City Manager; John L. Wentworth, City of Roanoke Engineer; and R.J. Dunahoe, airport manager.

Date

10 October 1941

Contributor

Courtesy of E. Duane Howard.

Identifier

RAC14

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Digital tiff

Citation

“RAC14 Woodrum Field,” Virginia Room Digital Collection, accessed November 16, 2024, http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/document/RAC14.