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Rescue of Charles A. Lindbergh's plane from the Yangtse River shortly after it took off from the British airplane carrier HERMES, Hankow, China – Antique Print

Rescue of Charles A. Lindbergh's plane from the Yangtse River shortly after it took off from the British airplane carrier HERMES, Hankow, China, c1931 Oct. 31. — historic photograph
Rescue of Charles A. Lindbergh's plane from the Yangtse River shortly after it took off from the British airplane carrier HERMES, Hankow, China, c1931 Oct. 31.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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A window into the past: Rescue of Charles A. Lindbergh's plane from the Yangtse River shortly after it took off from the British airplane carrier HERMES, Hankow, China, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Rescue of Charles A. Lindbergh's plane from the Yangtse River shortly after it took off from the British airplane carrier HERMES, Hankow, China

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The caption places this scene on the Yangtze River at Hankow, China, where a seaplane belonging to Charles A. Lindbergh was hauled from the water just after leaving the deck of the British aircraft carrier HERMES. Lindbergh, famous since his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing, was then surveying air routes across the Pacific and Asia with his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The record dates the photograph to about October 31, 1931, but that date comes from an unverified caption card, so it is worth checking against other sources.

Created / publishedc1931 Oct. 31.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,055 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152264

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