Reproductions of paintings of famous civilian "first flights"., 1921-1930.

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 13

Identifier: Subsubseries 1.2.3:

Staff Only

Contents:

First Transcontinental Night Air Mail - 1921; San Francisco to New York City; Pilot, Jack Knight; U.S. Post Office Dept., De Havilland 4.

First Round-the-World Flight - 1924; Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and Lieut. Eric H. Nelson, U.S. Army, Douglas "Cruisers".

"Dawn-to-Dusk" Transcontinental - 1924; New York to San Francisco, Lieut. Russell L. Maughan, U.S. Army, Curtiss PW-8.

First Pan-American Good Will Flight - 1926; Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, U.S. Army, in command, Loening Amphibians.

Four-Continent Flight - 1927; Europe, Africa, South and North America, Marchesi de Pinedo, Italy, Savoia S-55 Flying Boat.

New York to Paris - 1927; Charles A. Lindbergh, "The Spirit of St. Louis", Ryan Monoplane.

California to Australia - 1928; Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford-Smith, "The Southern Cross", Fokker Monoplane.

First South Pole Flight - 1929; Com. Richard E. Byrd, "The Floyd Bennett", Ford Tri-Motor.

First Thompson Trophy Race Winner - 1929; National Air Races, Cleveland, Douglas Davis, Travelair "Mystery Ship".

Paris to New York - 1930; Dieudonné Costes and Maurice Bellonte, France, Breguet "Question Mark".

Non-Stop Refueling Flight - 1930; 647 Hours, Forest O'Brine and Dale Jackson, "The Greater St. Louis", Curtiss Robin.

First Transcontinental Passenger Service - 1930; Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc., Ford Tri-Motor.

Dates

Creation: 1921-1930.

Creator

From the Collection: Hoxsey, Arch (Archibald) (Creator, Person)
From the Collection: Carruthers, John Franklin Bruce (Collector, Person)

Access

The collection is open to researchers when Special Collections is open, and at other times by appointment. There are no access restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 16.25 Linear Feet ( (13 archive boxes, 6 archive half-boxes, 8 clam-shell boxes, 3 shoe boxes, 15 oversize print boxes))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Description

12 lithographs : color; 13.25 x 16.5 in.

Note:

Cleveland, OH: Thompson Products, n.d.

Physical Storage Information

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Graphic Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

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