Category:Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation
This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 98000246. |
English: The Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation — located at the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in Burbank, the eastern San Fernando Valley, Southern California.
- • The shrine, a tower of marble, mosaics, and sculpted figures, is the burial site for fifteen pioneers of aviation. It was built in 1924 by the Pierce Brothers as an entrance tower for the cemetery.
- • Aviation enthusiast James Gillette noted the tower's close proximity to the airport and Lockheed Aircraft Company plant, and conceived a plan to use the structure as a shrine to aviation. It was dedicated in 1953 by aviation enthusiasts as a final resting place for pilots, plane mechanics, and other pioneers of flight.
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Location | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, Pacific States Region | ||||
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Media in category "Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation"
The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.
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Folded Wings Shrine portal (cropped).jpg 2,037 × 2,216; 2.93 MB
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Folded Wings Shrine portal.jpg 2,112 × 2,816; 3.18 MB
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Amelia Earhart Plaque at Portal of the Folded Wings.jpg 1,689 × 2,217; 1.03 MB
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Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation interior 2015-05-09.jpg 4,800 × 2,400; 2.83 MB
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Portal of the Folded Wings.JPG 2,276 × 2,952; 1.29 MB