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| Title | Pilots with world's flight plane, Seattle, 1924 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1924 |
| Caption | In 1924, United States army pilots became the first to fly around the world. The men left Seattle on April 6 and flew north to Alaska in four Douglas-built, single-engine, two-seater biplanes. The planes were named after major cities, and in fact the flagship craft carried the moniker of Seattle. Two of the planes crashed en route (including the Seattle), but all of the men survived. The Chicago was one of the two original planes to complete the 40, 000-mile journey. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: World's Flyer Chicago Plane.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Airplanes--Washington (State)--Seattle; Air pilots--Washington (State)--Seattle; Airplane propellers--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.11603.2 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 105661 |
