Winged mercuries of the air

Several men and forty uniformed telegraph messenger boys from the Commercial Cable Company ‘s London office are dwarfed by the Handley Page H.P. 42 ”Hannibal” passenger plane at London’s Croydon airport.

Publication date: 1932-01-17

Size: 16.5 x 26 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Croydon (London, England)

Subject(s):

• Biplanes--British--England--London--1930-1940
• Messengers--England--London--1930-1940
• Handley Page H.P. 42 (Transport plane)
• Transport planes--British--England--London--1930-1940
• Commercial Cable Company--People--England--London--1930-1940
• Croydon Aerodrome--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 17, 1932), p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)