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Butler Blackhawk Airplane at the Albuquerque Airport
Butler Blackhawk Airplane at the Albuquerque Airport
Butler Blackhawk Airplane at the Albuquerque Airport

Butler Blackhawk Airplane at the Albuquerque Airport

Date1929
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 5/16 × 6 3/8 in. (11 × 16.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.332
DescriptionA Butler Blackhawk airplane, with registration number C8359, is parked behind William Franklin, Bill Cutter, and Verne Pfeiffer at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There are four men standing in front of the propeller of a parked bi-plane in the center frame. They are dressed in heavy coats and three of them have goggles on their heads. On the left, there is an airplane hangar with an open door.
Handwriting on the front of the photograph reads, "Franklin - Cutter - Leferink".
Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Bill (William "Lang") Franklin (left); Bob Greene; Bill Cutter (3rd from left); Joe Leferink (pilot). An early picture at Alb. Airport".

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