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Title: Royal Fliers in Cross Channel Flight
Date(s): 1920/1940, 1920, 1940
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Central News Photo Service (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Recently the king and queen of Belgium flew to England to attend the Curzon wedding, crossing the Channel in the air in rain and mist. Above they are shown landing at Farnborough.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00583
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Peruvian Aviators Arrive in New York
Date(s): 1929-05-07
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Arriving in the port of New York, May 7th, with plans for some aviation venture, were two Peruvian aviators, one from the army and one from the navy. This photo shows them as they were greeted at the pier, from l to r: Luis J. Tuado - Peruvian Consul; Lieut. Carlos Zegarra of the Peruvian navy; Lieut. R.A. Hicks - representing the U.S. War Dept.; Capt. Carlos Martiinez de Pinillos of the Peruvian army, and Mr. A.M. Altmann, May 7, in N.Y. City.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00437
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Coste and Bellonte Back in New York
Date(s): 1930-09-06
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Richer by $25,000, Maurice Bellonte and Capt. D. Coste are seen here as they were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Doret, at Curtiss Field, Long Island, after winning the $25,000 offered by Col. William Easterwood for their flight to Dallas, Tex. Bellonte is on left, and Coste, 3rd from left.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00249
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: 3 U.S. Globe Fliers Cross Pacific Ocean 878-Mile Flight
Date(s): 1924-05-17
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Fighting through chill arctic winds and snow storms, the three U.S. army round the world fliers, under command of Lieut. Lowell Smith, above, negotiated the 878-mile flight from Attu Island to Paramashiru Island, thereby gaining for their country and themselves the distinction of being the first to cross the Pacific Ocean by air. This latest and exclusive photo taken at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, recently shows Lieut. Lowell Smith looking over the motor of his plane.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00285
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: French Flyers Rest at Waldorf-Astoria
Date(s): 1934-05-28
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Maurice Rossi (right), the pilot, and Paul Codos, the navigator of the French monoplane Le Brix, present a rather tired appearance at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, May 28, after being whisked there, accompanied by a motorcycle escort, from Floyd Bennett Airport.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00402
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Mexico's Gallant Ace Welcomed in New York
Date(s): 1928-06-18
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'The nation's greatest city on, June 18th, extended greetings to Mexico's renowned flier Capt. Emilio Carranza, who flew from Mexico City to Washington, D.C. to return Col. Lindbergh's good-will visit. Photo shows the aviator's reception in New York City. (Grover Whalen - the official welcomer for the City of New York, meets him on landing at Mitchel Field, L.I.)'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00308
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Some Ear Muffs
Date(s): 1920/1940, 1920, 1940
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Photo shows Capt. G. A. Lingham, famous aerial smoke writer in his latest cold weather head gear, from a photo taken just before he recently encountered a temperature of 40 below zero 10,000 feet above Mineola, NY during the first tests made in this country of Major Savage's colored sky writing.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00612
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: The Old and the New!
Date(s): 1920/1940, 1920, 1940
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Harris & Ewing (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'In the days of stage coaches, it took 10 1/2 days from the Missouri River to reach the Pacific Coast and now the air mail flies it in 20 hours.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00539
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Aviators End Epoch-Making 5400 Miles Porto Rico Trip!
Date(s): 1923-04-04
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Army officers and high government officials at Bolling Field, Washington, DC on April 3rd welcomed home the six army planes that have just completed a flight to the West Indies and return. Secretary Weeks extended the official welcome to the twelve pilots who made the trip - without accident and on schedule. This flight was to determine the reliability of the Liberty Airplane Motor and the success of flying landplanes over long stretches of water. (This photo shows - the...
Show moreText on verso: 'Army officers and high government officials at Bolling Field, Washington, DC on April 3rd welcomed home the six army planes that have just completed a flight to the West Indies and return. Secretary Weeks extended the official welcome to the twelve pilots who made the trip - without accident and on schedule. This flight was to determine the reliability of the Liberty Airplane Motor and the success of flying landplanes over long stretches of water. (This photo shows - the Secretary of War Weeks addressing the pilots, congratulating them on their successful trip.)'
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Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00244
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Col. Lindbergh on Way to Inspect His Plane
Date(s): 1927-06-12
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Harris & Ewing (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Col. Charles Lindbergh (in cabin) had to take a motor boat to inspect his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, after it was assembled today. The plane was placed on a barge and anchored in the Potomac River to protect it from the many thousands of curious and souvenir hunters.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00221
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Col. Lindbergh Prepares for Flight
Date(s): 1927-06-13
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Harris & Ewing (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Col. Charles A. Lindbergh adjusting his helmet just before taking off in an Army plane for New York after being welcomed home by enthusiastic Washingtonians.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00222
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: John J. Raskob to Irénée du Pont, 1917-11-08
Date(s): 1917-11-08
Contributor(s): Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950 (correspondent), Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963 (correspondent)
Description: Letter regarding taking passengers in flight school planes.
Collection ID: John J. Raskob papers (Accession 0473)
Hagley ID: m473_20100630_078
Collection: John J. Raskob papers

Title: Lieutenant Ormer Leslie Locklear with plane
Date(s): 1920-08-04
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Bain News Service (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Lieut. Locklear killed by fall in Calif.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00420
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Green Flash
Date(s): 1929-05-21
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Associated Press (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'The 'Green Flash' after its landing at the beach at Old Orchard, ME, from where its crew, Roger Williams and Lewis A. Yancey plan to hop off on a flight to Rome.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00246b
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Lieutenant Ormer Leslie Locklear with plane
Date(s): 1920-08-04
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Bain News Service (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Lieut. Locklear killed by fall in Calif.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00419
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Pilot Jean Assolant
Date(s): 1929-06-13
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Associated Press (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Pilot Jean Assolant bidding goodbye to his bride of a few days just before he took the French monoplane 'Yellow Bird' on trans Atlantic flight from Old Orchard Beach, ME, for France.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00391
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: How the Airmail Works
Date(s): 1925-01-09
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Contrary to general opinion, coast-to-coast airmail is not a one-plane-all-the-way proposition, but the remarkable speed and success of the plan is due to the use of 14 planes for each trip from New York to San Francisco, each plane and pilot flying only about 1 1/2 hours and then transferring his load to the next ship. With short flights and frequent relays in this way, the planes can be completely overhauled after each short hop, and accuracy and success assured. Mail is...
Show moreText on verso: 'Contrary to general opinion, coast-to-coast airmail is not a one-plane-all-the-way proposition, but the remarkable speed and success of the plan is due to the use of 14 planes for each trip from New York to San Francisco, each plane and pilot flying only about 1 1/2 hours and then transferring his load to the next ship. With short flights and frequent relays in this way, the planes can be completely overhauled after each short hop, and accuracy and success assured. Mail is also taken on and dispatched from each relay station to and from trains to points not on the airmail route, hence airmail is made available to all cities whether they are on the route of flight or not. This photo shows an airmail plane arriving at Salt Lake City field (center) with the next plane (left) all ready to take off as soon as the mail is transferred.'
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Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00536
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Wives at Pennsylvania Station to Greet Naval Airmen on Their Arrival in New York
Date(s): 1921
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Keystone View Company (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Left to right: Miss Dorothy Flowertown (with muff); Mrs. Hinton; Lieut. Kloor, Lieut. Hinton; Lieut. Farrell; Mrs. Farrell.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00385
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Col. Lindbergh Speaking to Wounded Veterans at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington
Date(s): 1927-06-22
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Harris & Ewing (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Col. Charles A. Lindbergh made a special trip to Walter Reed Hospital today and spoke to the many wounded veterans confined there.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00216
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Urban F. Diteman and the Monoplane Golden Wind
Date(s): 1929-10-28
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Associated Press (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Top photograph shows the Montana 'cowboy' pilot beside the plane at Harbor Grace, N.F., shortly before the take-off. Lower view shows the actual start of the tragic flight in which Diteman hoped to reach Europe. Search for him has been in vain.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00372
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Flyer receiving diploma from President Coolidge
Date(s): 1927-05-02
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Harris & Ewing (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'President Coolidge presenting Major Herbert A. Dargue with certificate of the distinguished flying service cross as the Pan American Flyers arrive in Washington' [Pan American Flyers - Major Herbert A. Dargue, President Coolidge, and Capt. Ira C. Eaker - with President Calvin Coolidge]
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00410
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Completes One-stop Cross-country Flight!
Date(s): 1922
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Setting a new record in transcontinental flying, Liet. James A. Doolittle, Army aviator, completed a flight the other day of 2275 miles from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego, Cal, in approximately 21 hours and 20 minutes, with but one stop of one hour in Texas. He flew through several severe storms but landed at San Diego without a mishap. His first remark upon landing was: 'I'll say I'm hungry.' Photo shows Lieut. Doolittle being greeted by Major Sheplar Fitzgerald,...
Show moreText on verso: 'Setting a new record in transcontinental flying, Liet. James A. Doolittle, Army aviator, completed a flight the other day of 2275 miles from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego, Cal, in approximately 21 hours and 20 minutes, with but one stop of one hour in Texas. He flew through several severe storms but landed at San Diego without a mishap. His first remark upon landing was: 'I'll say I'm hungry.' Photo shows Lieut. Doolittle being greeted by Major Sheplar Fitzgerald, commandant of Rockwell Field, San Diego, a moment after he completed his cross-country flight.'
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Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1975360_498
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: The Triangular Air Line Danes Inaugurated Daily Passenger and Mail Service Between Malmo, Berlin, Amsterdam, and London
Date(s): 1930/1940, 1930, 1940
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Kadel & Herbert (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Across Baltic Sea and English Channel the first Danish Air Line, Amsterdam, and London and flying back by way of Gothengury to Malmo. The motor of the giant Hydroplane used is of 220 HP Benz motor, carries mail and important documents as well as passengers who save considerable time rather than cross the Baltic by boat.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00533a
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: English Airmen Home with Record
Date(s): 1933
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'After flying 5,340 miles from Cranwell, England, to Walvis Bay, South Africa, for a new world long-distance non-stop record, squadron leader U.M. Gayford and flight lieutenant G.E. Nicholetts are welcomed home [by] officials at Farnborogh, Hants, England. Left to Right: Nicholetts, Lord Londonderry, Air Minister; Gayford, and Sir John Salmond.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1975360_495
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: North Pole by Air This Time, Admiral?
Date(s): 1923-12-09
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'The U.S. Navy is making plans to carry on the work of Rear Admiral Robert Peary, U.S. Navy, discoverer of the North Pole, with an air expedition to the North Pole this coming summer. The famous discoverer was one of the first to forsee the possibilities of polar exploration by aircraft. This unusual photo shows Rear Admiral Robert Peary, noted explorer and discoverer of the North Pole, donning aviator's suit ready for flight in U.S. navy seaplane.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00312
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

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