Musick--air pioneer : America and England meet at Auckland, N. Z.

Imperial Airways Short S.23 “Empire class” flying boat “Centaurus” (registration code G-ADUT) rests in the harbor of Auckland, New Zealand. In the background is the Pan American Airways' Sikorsky S-42B “Samoan Clipper" flying boat. Small boats ply the waters between the two aircraft.

Publication date: 1938-02-20

Size: 9 x 18 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Auckland (N.Z.)

Subject(s):

• Empire (Seaplane)
• Imperial Airways--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940
• Short Brothers plc.--Products--1930-1940
• Sikorsky Aircraft (Firm)--Products--1930-1940
• Seaplanes--British--New Zealand--Auckland--1930-1940
• Seaplanes--American--New Zealand--Auckland--1930-1940
• Sikorsky S-42 (Seaplane)
• Harbors--New Zealand--Auckland--1930-1940
• Pan American World Airways, Inc.--Equipment & supplies--New Zealand--Auckland--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 (February 20, 1938), p. 11

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm). London Bureau