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Transcontinental Air Transport Inauguration Ceremony
Transcontinental Air Transport Inauguration Ceremony
Transcontinental Air Transport Inauguration Ceremony

Transcontinental Air Transport Inauguration Ceremony

Date1929
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 3/16 × 6 3/8 in. (10.6 × 16.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.043
DescriptionA Transcontinental Air Transport (T.A.T.) Ford Tri-motor aircraft is parked near the T.A.T. terminal building at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A crowd surrounds the aircraft for the inaugural flight ceremony. Two men kneel on the wing to refuel the plane. Handwriting on the back reads, "Inaugaration TAT -- ceremonies at airport. Catherine Stinson (Mrs. Nuki Otero) made speech. W. A. Keleher master of ceremonies 1929. A. Earhart on this plane."

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