Tuesday, October 9, 2007
IDENTITY OF MYSTERY AVIATOR SOUGHT
Aviator Pastel by California Artist, Orpha Klinker - Hansen Collection
The Museum of the San Fernando Valley works constantly to identify and conserve artifacts related to California history. Often items, even beautiful images, raise as many questions as they answer. This pastel of an aviator by Orpha Klinker, we believe has the signature of the pilot who posed for it. At present, we think his name may be Stephen __ Goebel, or Gocbel.
As John Walsh says on America's Most Wanted, "Let's find this fellow!"
Not minutes after this posting was made, the pilot was identified as Arthur Goebel, an early Hollywood stunt pilot.
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3 comments:
Phyllis Hansen says
"Goebel, I think"
A note from Phyllis Hansen
It's Arthur Goebel. Hollywood stunt pilot.
Fascinating story, and great for SFV's Hollywood history collections.
Check the Historynet story. Sadly the son is long dead, too.
www.historynet.com/air_sea/aviation_history/3036811.html?page=1&c=y
19 October 1895 to 3 December 1973
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