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ORIGINAL- LINDBERGH and SPIRIT of ST LOUIS MINUTES BEFORE HISTORIC FLIGHT PHOTO

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    ORIGINAL - * ' CHARLES A. LINDBERGH ' and ** ' SPIRIT of ST LOUIS ' MINUTES BEFORE HISTORIC FLIGHT PHOTO
    ORIGINAL HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH of *CHARLES A. LINDBERGH and SPIRIT of ST LOUIS INSIDE THE CURTIS FIELD
    AT NEW YORK HANGAR ON MAY 14,1927 MINUTES BEFORE HISTORIC FLIGHT. TO SEE HIM OFF ON HIS EPIC FLIGHT CHARLES A. LINDBERGH HAS HIS MOTHER ' EVANGELINE LODGE LINDBERGH ' THERE TO SEE HIM OFF.
    RARELY SEEN CLOSE UP PHOTO SHOWING GREAT DETAIL OF THE ' SPIRIT of ST. LOUIS ' ENGINE COWL ,
    WRIGHT-BRANDED ENGINE HEADS, SPARK PLUGS, EXHAUST PIPES, PAINTED TIRES ALONG WILL MANY CLOSE UP DETAILS OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH'S FLIGHT UNIFORM.
    SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
    DIMENSIONS: 7 3/8" x 9 9/16"
    CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING AND PERIOD LIGHTLY PENCILED PHOTO MEASUREMENTS,  A HAND-PENNED NOTATION READS "HOPEING AGAIN AND AGAIN", AND PHOTOGRAPHER'S STAMP ON REVERSE.
    (see pictures attached).
    THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.
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    *Charles Augustus Lindbergh (b.1902-d.1974)
    was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25, he achieved instantaneous world fame by making the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927.
    **The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211)
    is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat, high wing monoplane flown by Charles Lindberg May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from New York, to France.