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ORIGINAL - CHARLES A. LINDBERGH - LAST PHOTO BEFORE HISTORIC FLIGHT ! PHOTO
VERY RARE ! HISTORIC ! CHARLES A. LINDBERGH'S LAST PHOTO BEFORE HIS HISTORIC FLIGHT ON THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS ! PHOTO MAY 20,1927. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN JUST BEFORE TAKE OFF IN THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS ON ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC AIRPLANE FLIGHTS OF ALL TIME. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH IS SEEN SLIPPING INTO HIS FLYING SUIT. THIS IS THE LAST PHOTO TAKEN OF HIM BEFORE THE FLIGHT.
PERIOD HAND ID'd ON THE REVERSE BY THE NEWS WIRE SERVICE
41186
Capt Chas. Lindbergh
getting into his flying
togs (clothes) at the start of his
flight from Roosevelt Field L.I. to Paris
On the reverse a period newswire date stamp in red MAY 22 1947 with the correct month and day but the wrong third digit which should have been set to "2" not "4" then hand corrected by the newswire service in red pencil as " 1927 ".
The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat, high wing monoplane flown by Charles A. Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from New York, to France.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (b.1902-d.1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25, he attained world fame by making the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927 in his plane the Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) a custom-built, single engine, single-seat, high wing monoplane that he flew the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from New York, to France.
Sharp focus and very good contrast.
Dimensions: 7 1/16" x 9"
Condition is Very Fine with some light handling from its 96 years.
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