Henry Kasai meets Mashashi Goto

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Title Henry Kasai meets Mashashi Goto
Photo Number P0149n01_07_110
Description Photo taken at the Salt Lake airport on July 4, 1929, when Mashashi Goto, 32-year-old pilot from Los Angeles, stopped for fuel during his attempt to fly around the world.  Henry Kasai, shown shaking Goto's hand, acted as spokesman for the Japanese community as they converged at the airport to welcome Mr. Goto and wish him well for the remainder of his ambitious journey.  Later that day, Goto's plane crashed in the Uinta Mountains, killing him.
Date 1929-07-04
Keywords men; clothing and dress; airplanes; Japanese; pilotsl
Subject Kasai, Henry Y., 1890-1966--Photographs; Japanese Americans--Photographs; Pilots--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Additional Information The man's flight uniform reads "Boeing, School of Aeronautics."
Collection Number and Name P0149 Henry Y. Kasai Photograph Collection
Collection Name Henry Y. Kasai
Relation is Part of Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6np2vr8
Setname uum_map
ID 982348
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6np2vr8
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