Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1902 - 1974
Biographical Note: Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Slim, Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, military officer, explorer, and social activist. In 1927, at the age of 25, Lindbergh emerged from the virtual obscurity of a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo nonstop flight from Roosevelt Field on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France.
Occupations
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Lindbergh Transatlantic flight celebration menu
Collection — Box Assorted rare collections, Box 1: [Barcode: One], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2004-03-26-A
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of a single 6-page booklet related to Charles Lindbergh's stop in Seattle, Washington during his around-the-US tour after his transatlantic flight, September 13, 1926. The cover title is "Business Men's Dinner in Honor of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh." The event was held at the Spanish Ball Room of the Olympic Hotel in Seattle. The booklet includes the evening's menu and program as well as a list of speaker and attendee names, including then-Mayor Bertha Knight...
Dates:
1926 September 9
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Florence McEvoy Photographs of Charles Lindbergh
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2019-09-21
Contents of the Collection
The Florence McEvoy Photographs of Charles Lindbergh is a small collection comprised of seven black-and-white photographs taken just prior to the start of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight. Six of the photographs were taken by Florence McEvoy, who lived in Rockville Centre, Long Island, and saw the aircraft, presumably at nearby Roosevelt Airfield. Most of the prints depict Lindbergh's Ryan NYP aircraft, The Spirit of St. Louis. It is shown in a...
Dates:
1927 May 19
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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