Print, Photographic
Collage of sepia toned photographs on black construction paper. One side includes four photographs and the other side includes three photographs. Both sides include explanatory text and captions in white ink.
The side with four photographs includes text at top reading "... half of 'we'. Lindy's plane the Spirit o...Louis. N-X-211. A Ryan plan." The top left and top right photographs show angled front end views of the Spirit of St. Louis inside a hangar. The bottom right photograph shows a side view of the Spirit of St. Louis off to the side of a runway, with numerous people and another airplane nearby. A newspaper clipping underneath the bottom right photograph reads "First Non-Stop Flight, New York to Paris made by Charles A. Lindbergh / Colonel Lindbergh hopped off from New York, May 21st, flying all alone, a record in itself, and made a perfect landing in Paris about 33 1/2 hours in the air; distance, about 3300 miles. He flew a single-seater Ryan Monoplane, with 200 H.P. Wright Whirlwind Motor, the now historic 'Spirit of St. Louis.' How his feat startled the world and made him a deathless figure in the history of aviation is known to all of you." The bottom left photograph shows an airplane in a field and is captioned at top "One of Ford's planes." and at bottom "Taken at Ford Airport."
The side with three photographs includes text at top reading "Helen Harding (Gardner) May 1931." The bottom left photograph shows a profile view of an automobile and is captioned at top "Easter - 1931" and at bottom "Chevrolet coupe - Sept. 1931 - 4 mos. old." The middle photograph shows a woman standing in a yard and is captioned "Mother - 1931." The bottom right photograph shows a view taken from a yard, with a partial view of a house in the foreground and another house in the background and is captioned "Rear - 14566 Woodward."
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