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ORIGINAL!RARE! FRENCH CROWD WATCH CHARLES A. LINDBERGH HISTORIC LANDING MAY 21,1927 PHOTO
HISTORIC! FRENCH CROWD WATCH CHARLES A. LINDBERGH HISTORIC LANDING ON MAY 21,1927. NEWS WIRE PHOTO.
A FRENCH CROWD WATCHES AND POINTS AT CHARLES A. LINDBERGH HISTORIC LANDING OF THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS MAY 21,1927 AT BOURGET AERODROME, PARIS FRANCEat 10:22 p.m., 21 May 1927.
ORIGINAL PERIOD NEWS WIRE SLUG AND THE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS HAND CAPTIONING COPY ON THE REVERSE:
AT LESSAY, NEAR CHERBOURG, France, the
entire population of the little hamlet turned out
to honor Colonel Lindbergh when he landed there (IN FRANCE)
on his flight from (OVER) England. Residents in this
picture are watching for the expected plane.
Herald Tribune Photo-Acme
LINDBERGH WOULD LEAVE FRANCE FOR WASHINGTON D.C. NAVY YARD ON JUNE 3rd 1927 ONLY 13 DAYS AFTER HIS HISTORIC FLIGHT'S ARRIVAL, ON BOARD THE USS MEMPHIS WITH THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLEDAND STOWED AWAY IN CRATES.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (b.1902-d.1974)was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25, he world fame by making the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927.
The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211)is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat, high wing monoplane flown by Charles Lin the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from New York, to France.
VERY SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
DIMENSIONS: 7 5/8" x 10"
CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME LIGHT UNDER TRIMMING ON THE FRONT LEFT AND BOTTOM MARGINS AND RESIDUE OF A REMOVED NEWS SLUG (NOT PRESENT) AND SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING FROM IT'S 96 + YEARS.
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