Pictorial review of 1928 : over the top of the world

Australian Captain George H. Wilkins and American Lieutenant Carl Ben Eielson pose holding the flags they brought to their flight across the Arctic Ocean from Point Barrow, Alaska to Spitsbergen, Norway on a Lockheed Vega monoplane.

Publication date: 1928-12-30

Size: 13.1 x 13 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Air pilots--American--1920-1930
• Wilkins, George H. (George Hubert), Sir, 1888-1958
• Eielson, Carl Benjamin, 1897-1929
• Air pilots--Australian--1920-1930

Genre(s):

• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 30, 1928), Picture Section, p. 6

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Wide World Photos, Inc.