Jimmy James photograph collection, 1900-1970.

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Jimmy James photograph collection, 1900-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/368029434

The collection includes 41 black and white photographs taken of aviator Charles Lindberg and his airplane, the "Spirit of St. Louis." Also included are two books about California, "The Pacific Tourist" and "Pacific Bank Hand-book of California," and one book about aviation titled "Ryan Broughams and Their Builders." The collection also includes news clippings pertaining to Ryan Aeronautics and the funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also in the collection is a California (Fresno County) land deed in the name of Walter E. Wells, signed by William McKinley (President of the United States of America) on February 20, 1900.

3 folders (0.24 linear ft.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7386813

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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-...

Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

James, Jimmy (Vocalist)

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Jimmy James was a photographer who was asked by then-Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt to take photographs of suspected "spy" and aviator Charles Lindberg. From the description of Jimmy James photograph collection, 1900-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368029434 ...