- 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
Parades and processions--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--1930-1940
Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Corrigan, Douglas, 1907-1995
Corrigan, Wrong Way, 1907-1995 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Douglas Corrigan in a car float during the parade for his arrival 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 82.07.13
ahc082007013a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/44
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
