Floyd Bennett field N.Y. HOWARD HUGHES in his Lockheed Monoplane around the world in 3 days - 19 hrs - 14 min. July 10 to 14th 1938 - To Paris 3641 mi. Moscow 1675. Omsk 1380. Yakutek 2177. Fairbanks 2456. Minneapolis 2441. & N.Y. 1054 – Works

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Floyd Bennett field N.Y. HOWARD HUGHES in his Lockheed Monoplane around the world in 3 days - 19 hrs - 14 min. July 10 to 14th 1938 - To Paris 3641 mi. Moscow 1675. Omsk 1380. Yakutek 2177. Fairbanks 2456. Minneapolis 2441. & N.Y. 1054

Edwin Lund, flight eng'r - Howard Hughes, Pilot - Grover Whalen, World's Fair - H.P. Connor, navigator - R. Stoddart, radio eng'r - Lieut. Thurlow, co-pilot

Photographer: W. J. Gray (Los Angeles, California)

American

1938

Medium/Technique Real photograph on card stock.

Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2015.13000

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront:
Back: divided. Mint.

Signed P/C W. J. GRAY L.A. 1938

ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)