Man in Santa suit sitting airplane
- 371N4997
- Item
- 1923 - 1936
Photograph of an unidentified man dressed as Santa Claus at the Swan Island airport in Portland. He is sitting on top of an airplane and waving.
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Man in Santa suit sitting airplane
Photograph of an unidentified man dressed as Santa Claus at the Swan Island airport in Portland. He is sitting on top of an airplane and waving.
Three men, one in Santa suit, with airplane
Photograph of two unidentified men, one of them dressed as Santa Claus, standing on the wing of a plane at the Swan Island airport in Portland. A third unidentified man is standing on the ground next to the wing and is reaching up to shake hands with the man in the Santa suit.
Crowd around Spirit of St. Louis before Lindbergh’s departure from Portland
Photograph of spectators gathered around Charles Lindbergh’s plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, at the Swan Island airfield in Portland on September 16, 1927, shortly before his departure for San Francisco. Lindbergh stopped in Portland during a flying tour of the United States, arriving on September 14, 1927. A cropped version of this photograph was one of four pictures published on Page 12 of the Oregon Journal on September 16, 1927, under the headline: “In the Glorious Early Morning as Lindy Sailed South.” The photograph had the following caption information: “The Spirit of St. Louis just before the hop-off.” The photograph accompanied the continuation of a front-page story about Lindbergh’s visit and departure.
Vincent, Ralph
Boeing F4B Navy fighter at Swan Island airport in Portland
Photograph of a Boeing F4B biplane, probably an F4B-4, at Swan Island airport in Portland. On the side of the plane is the word “Anacostia,” indicating the plane was based at Anacostia Naval Air Station near Washington, D. C. Two words of text are handwritten at the bottom of the negative. The first word begins with “H” but the rest of the word is unclear. The second word is “Plane.” The text is visible at the bottom right corner of the image.
Unidentified man, Schause, and Charles H. Martin at Swan Island airport, Portland
Photograph showing of three men standing in a row next to an airplane at Swan Island airport in Portland. The name “Schause” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image. Schause is the man in the center. The man at left is unidentified; the man at right is Charles H. Martin. See related image No. 371N2262.