- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Corrigan, Douglas
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1938-08-28
- Subject:
- Air pilots--California--San Diego
Airplanes--1930-1940
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Aircraft--Georgia--Atlanta
Corrigan, Douglas, 1907-1995
Corrigan, Wrong Way, 1907-1995
Hartsfield, William Berry, 1890-1971
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Atlanta, Ga.)
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Image of Douglas Corrigan greeted by Atlanta mayor William B. Hartsfield as he arrives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Douglas Corrigan, also known as Wrong Way Corrigan was an American aviator who made an unauthorized flight from New York to Ireland when he was supposed to be returning to Long Beach, California. Corrigan also worked as an engineer on the construction of Charles Lindbergh's plane, the Spirit of St. Louis. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.07.03
ahc082007003a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/38
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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