Flying colonel--then and now : young Charles Lindbergh

Photograph of Charles Lindbergh as a young man in the cockpit of The Spirit of St. Louis shortly before he took off for the first New York-Paris solo flight on May 20, 1927.

Publication date: 1934-03-11

Size: 24 x 36.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: sepia

Language:

• English

Geography:

• New York (N.Y.)

Temporal: 1927-05-02

Subject(s):

• Air mail service--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930
• Air pilots--American--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930
• Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs
• Then & now comparisons

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 (March 11, 1934), Album of World Events, p. 4

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Underwood & Underwood