Transpacific air mail

The China Clipper, which took the first air mail flight across the Pacific from the Golden Gate in California to Manila in the Philippines.

Publication date: 1935-12-29

Size: 12.8 x 27 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• San Francisco (Calif.)

Temporal: 1935-11-22

Subject(s):

• Air mail service--California--Golden Gate (Strait)--1930-1940
• Air mail service--Philippines--Manila--1930-1940
• China Clipper (Airplane)
• Transpacific flights--1930-1940
• Transport planes--American--California--Golden Gate (Strait)--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Aerial photographs
• 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 (December 29, 1935), p. 4
• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 29, 1935), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg