Aerial of Lindbergh Field, San Diego, Calif. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Aerial of Lindbergh Field, San Diego, Calif. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Aerial of Lindbergh Field, San Diego, Calif.
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Lindbergh Field, seen here from above, was San Diego's municipal airport, named for Charles Lindbergh after his 1927 transatlantic flight in an aircraft built by a San Diego firm. The field was laid out on filled tidelands along San Diego Bay, so the view shows a waterfront airport still taking shape in the 1930s. The caption card credits photographer H.A. Erickson and dates the picture to about 1935, though those details are unverified. Aerial views like this were common in that period for recording growing cities and new aviation facilities.
| Created / published | c1935. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo by H.A. Erickson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,255 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115315 |
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