Our Ambassador of the Air-Col. Lindbergh and Plane Spirit of St. Louis
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Keystone View Company
American, 1892–1963
Unidentified
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Our Ambassador of the Air-Col. Lindbergh and Plane Spirit of St. Louis
ca. 1927
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7.8 x 7.6 cm (each)
Mount: 8.7 x 17.8 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2010
2010.1108.0001
Inscriptions recto (printed in black): 1 / Keystone View Company / Manufacturers / COPYRIGHTED / MADE IN U.S.A. / Publishers /
Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. Portland, / Oregon. London. England. /
32062T Our Ambasador [sic] of the Air-Col. Lindbergh / and Plane Spirit of St. Louis.
verso (printed in black): 32062 / When on May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lind-/bergh, a virtually unknown united States air / mail pilot, landed his monoplane, the "Spirit / of St. Louis," on Le Bourget flying field out-/side Paris after a lfight of 33 1/2 hours from / New York, during whcih he had covered 3,600 / miles over Newfoundland, a vast stretch of the / North Atlantic Ocean, Ireland and England, / it seemed as if the hwole civilized world turned / for a moment from its everyday occupations / to acclaim this splendid young pioneer of the / skies who had been first to accomplish the long / dreamed non-stop flight from New York to / Paris....[extended text]....The "Spirit of St. Louis, " in which up to / the end of March, 1928, he had flown more / than 35,000 miles, is a Ryan monoplane with / a wing spn of 46 ft. and overall length of 38 / ft., powered by a Wright J-5-A (Whirlwind) / engine, with fuel capacity of 458 gallons. On / its New York-to-Paris flight it made an aver-/age speed of 107 1/2 miles per hour. / Copyright by The Keystone View Company
Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. Portland, / Oregon. London. England. /
32062T Our Ambasador [sic] of the Air-Col. Lindbergh / and Plane Spirit of St. Louis.
verso (printed in black): 32062 / When on May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lind-/bergh, a virtually unknown united States air / mail pilot, landed his monoplane, the "Spirit / of St. Louis," on Le Bourget flying field out-/side Paris after a lfight of 33 1/2 hours from / New York, during whcih he had covered 3,600 / miles over Newfoundland, a vast stretch of the / North Atlantic Ocean, Ireland and England, / it seemed as if the hwole civilized world turned / for a moment from its everyday occupations / to acclaim this splendid young pioneer of the / skies who had been first to accomplish the long / dreamed non-stop flight from New York to / Paris....[extended text]....The "Spirit of St. Louis, " in which up to / the end of March, 1928, he had flown more / than 35,000 miles, is a Ryan monoplane with / a wing spn of 46 ft. and overall length of 38 / ft., powered by a Wright J-5-A (Whirlwind) / engine, with fuel capacity of 458 gallons. On / its New York-to-Paris flight it made an aver-/age speed of 107 1/2 miles per hour. / Copyright by The Keystone View Company
