Duncan Emery Charles Lindbergh Photograph Collection

Collection — Box: Assorted Rare Oversize Box 2, oversize: folder 1

Identifier: 1987-11-03

Contents of the Collection

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The Duncan Emery Charles Lindbergh Photograph Collection is a small collection of three photographs that depict aviator Charles Lindbergh, circa 1927-1930.

One 8x10-inch hand-tinted print is glued to 11x14-inch cardboard and depicts Lindbergh, Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles, and interpreter Colonel Alexander J. MacNab on the steps of a building. It is undated but is likely December 1927 during Lindbergh’s Good Will tour.

The other two prints are both black-and-white and include inscriptions. Both are undated but likely circa 1927-1930. One is 11x14-inches and depicts Lindbergh in a suit standing in front of a building. It has an inscription: “To Colonel Alexander J. MacNab / Sincerely / Charles A. Lindbergh.” The last print is 10.5x17.5-inches and shows a Lockheed aircraft in flight. It is inscribed “To Sandy MacNab / Charles Lindbergh / Anne Lindbergh.”

Dates

Creation: circa 1927-1930

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. For more information contact us.

Conditions Governing Use

The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.

Biographical Note: Duncan Emery

Duncan Emery was the nephew of Colonel Alexander J. MacNab, the interpreter during Charles Lindbergh's 1927 visit to Mexico.

Full Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 16x20-inch folder)

Language

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

The photographs were given to Colonel Alexander J. MacNab when he served as an interpreter and became friends with Lindbergh during Lindbergh's Good Will tour in Mexico. They were inherited by Duncan Emery, MacNab's nephew, and later donated by Emery's widow when he passed.