Le Bourget airfield

A view of Le Bourget Airfield when Charles Lindbergh landed, becoming the first person to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.

Publication date: 1937-05-16

Size: 15.8 x 19.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: color

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Paris (France)

Temporal: 1927-05-21

Subject(s):

• Le Bourget (Airport : Le Bourget, France)
• Spectators--France--Paris--1920-1930
• Transatlantic flights--1920-1930

Genre(s):

• Night 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 (May 16, 1937), Graphic Section, p. 1

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)