[Spirit of St. Louis airplane] – Historic Print
![[Spirit of St. Louis airplane], [between 1909 and 1940] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/da417c9c0da1-L.webp)
(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: [Spirit of St. Louis airplane], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Spirit of St. Louis airplane]
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The aircraft in this glass negative carries the name *Spirit of St. Louis*, a title the Library's staff assigned when cataloging it. That name belongs to the Ryan monoplane Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic in May 1927, a plane financed by St. Louis backers and named for their city. The negative is dated only to between 1909 and 1940, and its surface shows streaks and blemishes from the slow decay of the original coatings on the glass.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,943 × 4,295 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-257729 |
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