First Continental U.S. Daylight Flight Attempts by Russell Lowell Maughan Bi-plane at St. Joseph Photo, 1923
Entry/Object ID
P354.18022.12
Description
First Continental U.S. Daylight Flight by Russell Lowell Maugham Bi-plane at St. Joseph Photo, 1924. b/w. In 1923 Maughan twice attempted the first flight across the continental United States within the hours of daylight of a single calendar day. (He succesed on his third try, June 24, 1924)
Photo shows Maugham standing leaning on its propellor. This is news photo from June 18, 1823 News Press. Headline: Maughan's Airplane Parked at Rosecrans Field." Caption: View of the airship in which the army officer flew from Illinois to St. Joseph Saturday."
St. Joseph News-Press has photos of two flights by Maugham , July 14, 1923 and June 24, 1924.
For Original digital scan see History 20 CD
Made/Created
Artist
MAX HABECKER
Date made
1923
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
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Feb 6, 2019
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Max Habecker
Person or Organization
R. L. Maughan
Provenance
Notes
Photographs taken in c. 1920's by Max Habecker, St. Joseph News-Press Photographer, affixed in photo album.
