Title

American aviator Charles Lindbergh addressing a crowd at the Washington Monument, USA, c1927. Artist: Unknown

Caption

American aviator Charles Lindbergh addressing a crowd at the Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA, c1927. Lindbergh (1902-1974) addressing a crowd after accepting the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Calvin Coolidge, c1927. On 20-21 May 1927 Lindbergh made the first successful solo transatlantic flight. He flew from New York to Paris in a single-engined single-seater monoplane that he named 'Spirit of St Louis', the flight taking a total of 33 1/2 hours to complete. For his achievement Lindbergh won a $25,000 prize put up by a New York hotelier, Raymond Orteig, and worldwide fame.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1926

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D79_215

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,2Mb (2,3Mb) / 14,1in x 11,1in / 4227 x 3326 (300dpi)

Keywords

city people male man men politics flag flags country success achievement flight guy celebrations Washington celebration Washington DC District of Columbia location century banner Stars and Stripes speaking successful first award pilot aviation concept speech twenties B&W accomplishment MONOCHROME standard politician transatlantic aviator United States of America United States black & white black and white B W 1920s 20th century statesman American America USA TGN Lindbergh Charles photograph Unknown Historica Graphica Collection Charles Lindbergh photograph