- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Spirit of St. Louis
- Date of Original:
- 1927-10-11
- Subject:
- Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
Airplanes--Georgia--Atlanta
Airports--Georgia--Atlanta
Airplanes--Landing--Georgia--Atlanta
Runways (Aeronautics)--Georgia--Atlanta
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis lands on the grass runway at Candler Field on October 11, 1927. The day was cloudy and rainy but that did not deter thousands from meeting Lindbergh at the field. The Spirit of St. Louis is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C.
Image of Charles Lindbergh's plane, Spirit of St. Louis, landing on the grass runway at Candler Field in Atlanta, Georgia on October 11, 1927. The Spirit of St. Louis is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/charles-lindbergh-in-georgia/m-7855/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center Archives
Atlanta History Center - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/charles-lindbergh-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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