First Continental U.S. Daylight Flight by Russell Lowell Maughan, Photo of him standing in his bi-plane in St. Joseph
Entry/Object ID
P354.18022.6
Description
First Continental U.S. Daylight Flight by Russell Lowell Maughan, Photo of him standing in his bi-plane in St. Joseph
First Continental U.S. Daylight Flight by Russell Lowell Maughan Bi-plane at St. Joseph Photo, 1924. In 1924 Maughan completed the first flight across the continental United States within the hours of daylight of a single calendar day. This photo shows his plane landing for re-fueling at St. Joseph. Maughan made two unsuccessful flights in 1923 and the successful one in June 24, 1924. St. Joseph News-Press has photos of two flights by Maugham, July 14, 1923 and June 24, 1924.
Maugham was a decorated World War I pilot.
From Index: "R.L. Maugham. 7/1923. (Lt. Maugham, the first man to make a cross country flight from New York to California in one day. He landed at Avenue City first, then Rosecrans)
For Original digital scan see History 20 CD
Made/Created
Artist
MAX HABECKER
Date made
1924
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Bi-planes in St. Joseph, First Continental U.S. Daylight Air Flight
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Feb 6, 2019
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Max Habecker
Person or Organization
R. L. Maugham
Provenance
Notes
Photographs taken in c. 1920's by Max Habecker, St. Joseph News-Press Photographer, affixed in photo album.
