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| Title | Crowds around world's flight planes, Seattle, September 28, 1924 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1924 |
| Caption | In 1924, United States army pilots became the first to fly around the world. This wasn't easy: at that time, planes were fragile and carried only a small amount of fuel. The men flew west from Seattle in four Douglas-built, single-engine, two-seater biplanes and returned to the city 176 days later. They had flown over 26, 000 miles and had worn out seventeen engines. Two of the planes crashed en route, but all of the men survived.
In this photo, crowds welcome the returning flyers at Sand Point Air Field. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: World Flight Crowds & planes 9-28-24.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Airplanes--Washington (State)--Seattle; Crowds--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.11708 |
| 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.; chipped |
| 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 | 107489 |
