Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) learned to fly in 1922 and became famous five years later when he made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean May 20-21, 1927. In July of that year, he began a flying tour of the United States under the sponsorship of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund. He reached Portland, Or., Sept. 14, 1927, landing on Swan Island. Two days later he left for San Francisco.
In 1932, Lindbergh again made headlines when his son was kidnapped and killed. The media attention during the investigation and trial convinced Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, to move to Europe for several years. Returning in 1939, Charles Lindbergh became active in the America First movement opposing U.S. participation in World War II. The movement disbanded after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, he worked with the Ford Motor Company to convert automobile plants to airplane production. In 1944 he flew many combat missions in the Pacific war, although he was a civilian.
After the war ended, Lindbergh retired from public life to write and work as a technical advisor in the airline industry. In the 1960s he became active in the conservation movement. He died in 1974.
The bulk of the images in this collection document Charles Lindbergh's
1927 visit to Portland, Or. on his flying tour of the United States. Subjects
depicted include his landing on Swan Island and meetings with Portland mayor
George L. Baker and Oregon governor Issac Patterson. The remainder of the
collection consists of images related to Lindbergh's later life as a political
and conservation activist and airplane pioneer, including photographs of
Lindberg's airplanes (including the
The nine folders of the collection are arranged in four series:
Series A: Portland visit, Sept. 14-15, 1927
Series B: Charles Lindbergh's airplanes, 1927-1931
Series C: Portraits, 1927-1977
Series D: Other images, 1927-1977
The collection is open to the public.
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Charles A. Lindbergh photographs collection, Org. Lot 743, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Includes Library accession nos. 7466 and 18997.
During the course of processing, photographs from the following collections were integrated into this collection: the Oregon Journal photograph collection, the Oregonian photograph collections, and the self-indexing photograph files of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Includes scenes of Charles Lindbergh landing on Swan Island, and with various dignitaries, including Mayor George L. Baker and Governor Isaac Patterson, as well as riding in a parade and speaking.
Includes images of Lindbergh on Swan Island and being escorted into Portland and with Mayor George L. Baker, Gov. Isaac L. Patterson, Rose Festival Queen Dorothy Mielke, and Julius Meier.
Includes images of Lindbergh with Mayor George L. Baker.