[Pilot Charles Lindbergh Poses alongside His Famous Plane 'The Spirit of St. Louis']
Creation: 1927
In 1919, French businessman Raymond Orteig established a $25000 prize to the first person to fly non-stop from New York to Paris. Eight years later, Charles Augustus Lindbergh collected the prize. Lindbergh's achievement was a boon to the fledgling aviation industry and while the Great Depression slowed some of that progress, Lindbergh's achievement set the stage for airplane production in World War II.
Title
[Pilot Charles Lindbergh Poses alongside His Famous Plane 'The Spirit of St. Louis']
Date
Creation: 1927
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Description
In 1919, French businessman Raymond Orteig established a $25000 prize to the first person to fly non-stop from New York to Paris. Eight years later, Charles Augustus Lindbergh collected the prize. Lindbergh's achievement was a boon to the fledgling aviation industry and while the Great Depression slowed some of that progress, Lindbergh's achievement set the stage for airplane production in World War II.
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Copyright; use considered fair according to the ARL Code of Best Practices in Fair Use
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News photographs
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Source
MSS0412, James G. Stahlman Historical Autograph Collection, Lindbergh, Charles folder
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Citation
“[Pilot Charles Lindbergh Poses alongside His Famous Plane 'The Spirit of St. Louis'],” Gallery, accessed September 16, 2026, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/748.