Two Keystone Bombers Flying Over Albuquerque
Date1929
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 5/8 × 8 7/16 in. (16.8 × 21.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.085
DescriptionThe image is an aerial photo of Albuquerque, New Mexico looking north. The Rio Grande is on the left. In the far-right background there are two Keystone bomber aircraft flying west. Railroad tracks and freight yards are in the foreground in the bottom frame. The photograph has damage.There is handwriting from the negative on the bottom of the photograph that reads, "0-858-300 H2)(8-5-29-1:P)(12-1000) Albuquerque, NM."
Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "U.S. Army Keystone Bombers over Albuquerque May 5th, 1929. A squadron of 9 were serviced at the Albuquerque Airport, Inc. Picture taken looking north. There is an ink stamp that says, "Not to be used for publication without proper authority; U.S. Army Air Corps 2nd photo section Langley Field, Virginia".
On View
Not on viewLocale
8/10/1936
August 6,1929
August 6, 1929
