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Captain Charles A. Lindbergh accomplished the first non-stop New York to Paris flight, leaving New York, May 20th, 1927, and arriving in Paris in 33 hours, 20 minutes, traveling 3650 miles.

(Rutherford, New Jersey, the United States)
1927
Medium/TechniqueReal photograph on card stock.
DimensionsVertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.13309
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPostcards
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)