Douglas World Cruiser Chicago Photographs
Object Details
- Creator
- Carter, Edward Royden, Sr.
- Topic
- Naval aviation
- Aeronautics
- Aeronautics, Military
- Provenance
- Louis W. Clarke, Gift, 2002, NASM.2002.0053.
- Creator
- Carter, Edward Royden, Sr.
- Biographical / Historical
- Between 6 April and 28 September 1924 a flight of specially designed Douglas aircraft operated by the United States Army Air Service completed the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. Two of the four Douglas World Cruisers completed the 27,000 mile trip in 371 hours, 11 minutes flying time. On June 9, 1924, the Douglas World Cruiser Chicago stopped in Hong Kong during its historic around-the-world flight. These photographs belonged to Edward Royden Carter, Sr., who was a Navy Seaman aboard the USS Sacramento PG19, which was stationed in Hong Kong in 1924.
- Extent
- 0.05 Cubic feet (2 photographs)
- Date
- bulk 1924
- Archival Repository
- National Air and Space Museum Archives
- Identifier
- NASM.2002.0053
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographic prints
- Citation
- Douglas World Cruiser Chicago Photographs, Acc. NASM.2002.-0053, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Rights
- Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- This collection consists of two black and white prints, one approximately 3" x 5 ΒΌ" and the other approximately 3" x 4", of the Douglas World Cruiser Chicago in Hong Kong during the 1924 around-the-world flight.
- Restrictions
- No restrictions on access.
- Record ID
- ebl-1529530834074-1529530834076-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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