Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim collection, 1926-1943.

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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim collection, 1926-1943.

Collection largely pertains to the Guggenheims' interest in aviation and includes two scrapbooks on the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for Promotion of Aeronautics, 1926-1930; letters to Mrs. Guggenheim acknowledging receipt of the book America Pledges Wings, 1942-1943; scrapbook on the death of Daniel Guggenheim, 1930; program from banquet honoring Charles A. Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, 1927; certificates, proclamations, and booklets, 1926-1936; and photographs of the Guggenheim family and Charles A. Lindbergh.

ca. 150 items.

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

Guggenheim family.

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Guggenheim, Daniel.

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Guggenheim, Daniel, Mrs.

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Daniel Guggenheim Fund for Promotion of Aeronautics.

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