On May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into history when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, thus becoming the first pilot to fly solo and nonstop from New York to Paris. This flight made Lindbergh a household name and catapulted him into fame and celebrity. The objects of popular culture in the National Collection display everything from ashtrays to wristwatches reflect the public adulation for Lindbergh and the powerful commercial response to his celebrity. More than 75 years after the Spirit's historic flight, Lindbergh's name still has the power help sell manufactured goods.
Gift of the Stanley King Family.
Date: July 1927
Dimensions:
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 27.3 x 22.2cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Materials:
Paper and metal
Physical Description:
Issue of Aviation Stories and Mechanics titled "Lindbergh's Trans-Atlantic Flight" published July 1927. The magazine is 28 pages long and includes text and photographs. The front and back cover are printed in blue ink, and the front cover has a photograph of the Spirit of St. Louis in flight. Facing pages alternate between being printed in black and being printed in blue, so that pages 1 and 2 are black, but pages 3 and 4 are blue. The magazine is bound by two staples
On May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into history when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, thus becoming the first pilot to fly solo and nonstop from New York to Paris. This flight made Lindbergh a household name and catapulted him into fame and celebrity. The objects of popular culture in the National Collection display everything from ashtrays to wristwatches reflect the public adulation for Lindbergh and the powerful commercial response to his celebrity. More than 75 years after the Spirit's historic flight, Lindbergh's name still has the power help sell manufactured goods.
