Sale 205 Lot 1012

"LINDBERGH DIVES INTO PARIS IN 33 1-2 HOURS" FRAMED NEWSPAPER, Boston Sunday Post, May 22, 1927. Framed with 10" x 13" Acme Newspictures New York cabinet-size autographed black and white Charles Lindbergh photo dated December 10, 1927. Lindbergh made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving Roosevelt Field on Long Island, NY, on the morning of May 20 and arriving at LeBourget Airport in Paris the following evening. He was an instant hero. This rare and dramatic image of Lindbergh shows him in an aviator helmet looking skyward. - Framed, 25 in. x 36 in.
Collection of a Retired Journalist
Estimate $1,000-2,000

PROVENANCE: Originally owned by Alice Longworth Roosevelt, eldest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt.