Exhibit shows 100 years of Southland's aerospace industry

Exhibit shows 100 years of Southland’s aerospace industry

Oct. 10, 2011 12:37 PM PT

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Troves of once-classified documents and never-seen-before photos showcasing Southern California’s aerospace industry are now on display at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.

The exhibition opened to the public last weekend.

Located in the west hall of the library, crowds can see how the aerospace industry evolved over the years: from the dare-devil barnstormers to Cold War spy planes to moonshot rocketry.

A story in Saturday’s Times gave a preview of the event and explained how it came to fruition.

For a sneak peek, take a look at the photo gallery here and in the the video above.

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W.J. Hennigan covered the Pentagon and national security issues from Washington, D.C., before leaving the Los Angeles Times bureau in November 2017. While there, he reported on war, counter-terrorism, and the lives of American service members from more than two dozen countries and previously covered the aerospace and defense industry from Los Angeles. Hennigan earned awards from the National Press Club, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and was a contributor to the Los Angeles Times coverage of the terror attacks in San Bernardino that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2016.

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