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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing German aviators (the "Bremen flyers") in the United States, arriving in Bremen, Germany, and in portraits

About this Item

Title

  • German aviators (the "Bremen flyers") in the United States, arriving in Bremen, Germany, and in portraits

Summary

  • Photographs show Dr. Hermann Köhl (German pilot), Baron Günther von Hünefeld (German passenger), and Major James Fitzmaurice (Irish navigator, co-pilot) attending ceremonies in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C., in honor of their east-west transatlantic flight (the first, in April 1928) from Baldonnel, Ireland, to Greenly Island, Labrador, in a Junkers W 33 monoplane, the "Bremen"; the aviators arriving by ship to the port of Bremen, Germany (June 1928), after their tour in the United States; individual and group portraits.

Created / Published

  • 1928-1929.

Headings

  • -  Köhl, Hermann,--1888-1938
  • -  Hünefeld, E. G.--(Ehrenfried Günther),--Freiherr von,--1892-1929
  • -  Fitzmaurice, James Christopher,--1898-1965
  • -  Air pilots--German--United States--1920-1930
  • -  Rites & ceremonies--United States--1920-1930
  • -  Firsts--1920-1930
  • -  Aeronautics--1920-1930

Format Headings

  • Group portraits--1920-1930.
  • Photographic prints--1920-1930.
  • Portrait photographs--1920-1930.

Genre

  • Photographic prints--1920-1930
  • Portrait photographs--1920-1930
  • Group portraits--1920-1930

Notes

  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Images include captions.
  • -  Some photographs credited to Underwood & Underwood.
  • -  Source unknown.

Medium

  • 14 photographic prints : b&w ; images 19 x 24 cm. on mounts 28 x 36 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13125 (H) [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00650008

Rights Advisory

  • Rights status of individual images not evaluated. For more information see reference aid: "Copyright and Other Restrictions Which Apply to Publication and Other Forms of Distribution of Images: Sources for Information" (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html).

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Rights status of individual images not evaluated. For more information see reference aid: "Copyright and Other Restrictions Which Apply to Publication and Other Forms of Distribution of Images: Sources for Information" (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html)
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  • Call Number: LOT 13125 (H) [P&P]
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Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

German aviators the "Bremen flyers" in the United States, arriving in Bremen, Germany, and in portraits. United States, 1928. to 1929. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00650008/.

APA citation style:

(1928) German aviators the "Bremen flyers" in the United States, arriving in Bremen, Germany, and in portraits. United States, 1928. to 1929. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00650008/.

MLA citation style:

German aviators the "Bremen flyers" in the United States, arriving in Bremen, Germany, and in portraits. to 1929. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00650008/>.