- 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
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Airports--Georgia--Atlanta
Corrigan, Douglas, 1907-1995
Corrigan, Wrong Way, 1907-1995
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the crowd at the Atlanta Municipal Airport (now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) during the arrival of Douglas Corrigan 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 82.07.11
ahc082007011a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/42
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
