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| Title | Major Frederick L. Martin with his family, Seattle, ca. 1924 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | ca. 1924 |
| Caption | Major Frederick L. Martin served as the commanding officer for the U.S. Army's round-the-world flight attempt in 1924. Seattle's Sand Point Airfield functioned as the start and finish point for the first successful aerial circumnavigation of the globe. The endeavor began on April 6, 1924 with four single-engine biplanes, specially-built Douglas World Cruisers, which each had a crew of two men. Two planes were lost along the way without injury to the crewmembers and an additional plane joined the attempt in Nova Scotia. The circumnavigation concluded after 26, 000 miles and seventeen engines to the three planes landing to a cheering crowd of 40, 000 people on September 28, 1924.
This photo of Major Martin with his family is from the time period in which the world flight was undertaken. |
| Notes | Caption information sources: HistoryLink, World Flight Chronicle. |
| Subjects | Air pilots--Washington (State)--Seattle; Military uniforms--United States; Families--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bodies of water--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Martin, Frederick L. |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.1860 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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. |
