Name/Title
ENVELOPE CONTAINING "MAP SHOWWING THE OVERLAND AND OVERSEAS FLIGHTS OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH"Entry/Object ID
2003.98.1.2Description
ENVELOPE CONTAINING "MAP SHOWWING THE OVERLAND AND OVERSEAS FLIGHTS OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH"
Color: Black; Brown; Blue; Green; Red; White
An envelope that contained a map titled "Map Showing the Overland and Overseas Flights of Charles A. Lindbergh," designed by Ernest Clegg, produced by American Lithographic Co., Inc., and published by The John Day Company, New York, 1928. The front of the envelope has an ornate panel with the American eagle at the top and Lindbergh's portrait at the bottom. Within is the title, a list of Lindbergh's National Guard title, the publisher's name and address, and the designer's name. On the reverse is a description of the map, the size of the map, its price, the notation that it came in ten colors, that it was also available in rolled in a tube, and showing the publisher's name and address. With many tears, especially on the flap and edges, creases, soiling, stains, and discoloration, the article is in poor overall condition.Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Maps, Aeronautics, Air pilotsSearch Terms
Two-dimensional, Envelopes, American Lithographic Co., Inc., John Day Company, Aeronautics--Flights
