Spirit of St. Louis
Rating
Title
Spirit of St . Louis
Date
1927-10-12
Creator
Willis, Alfred, 1880-1945
Description
On his October 12 , 1927 visit to Spartanburg , Charles Lindbergh landed his famous airplane at the Spartanburg Memorial Airport . Dedicated September 10 , 1927 , this was the first commercial airport in South Carolina . The 'Spirit of St . Louis ' is pictured in front of the Pitcairn Aviation hangar at the Spartanburg Memorial Airport . The airplane is now in the Smithsonian Institution , National Air and Space Museum , in Washington , D.C .
Geographic Location
Spartanburg (S.C.)
Decade
1920-1929
Category
Industry and agriculture
Subject
Airplanes Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane) Pitcairn Aviation
Subject.AAT
Black-and-white photographs
Source
Kennedy Room vault
Provenance
Over 400 historical photographs from the Herald-Journal newspaper , generally ranging in dates from the 1900s to the 1940s . Most of the photographs are of Spartanburg and the surrounding area , and most were taken by Alfred Tennyson Willis or his son Robert (Bob) Willis .
Media Type
Images
Digital Collection
Herald-Journal Willis Collection
Contributing Institution
Spartanburg County Public Libraries
Rights
SCPL makes digital collections available as a contribution to the record of history. The materials in our collections are a reflection of perspectives from the past. SCPL does not endorse the views expressed in the content of these collections. Use of this image may be restricted. For more information see Spartanburg County Public Libraries Conditions of Use information. http://www.infodepot.org/zDigColl/COU.asp
PrintIndexNo
67
Resource Identifier
s-hjw-0067
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