Klemm L 20 plane, 1920s, (1932).  Creator: Unknown.
Sujet

Klemm L 20 plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Klemm L 20 plane, 1920s, (1932). German sportsplane with 20 horse power air-cooled Mercedes engine. In 1928, German aviator Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen (1906-1986) made a solo flight to Moscow in a Klemm L.20. He decided to keep going, circumnavigating the world and winning the Hindenburg Cup, the highest German honour for aeronautical achievement. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1932

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D52_009

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

66,4Mo (3,7Mo) / 50,9cm x 32,6cm / 6016 x 3856 (300dpi)

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