Captain F. W. Haig

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3211]

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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3211

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Summary

Caption: "Arriving on S.S. Bremen. Captain F. W. Haig, one of Australia's most famous flyers, who is chief air officer of the Vacuum Oil Company, Ptv. Ltd., of Australia, arrived to-day on the S.S. Bremen after an air tour of Europe. He covered 13 countries in 11 days by air. Europe has made tremendous strides in air development, he said, and American plane designs were much in evidence there." This photograph was distributed ca. 1934 by Press Bureau, J. Sterling Getchell, Inc., New York.

Subject

  • Haig, F. W
  • Vacuum Oil Company, inc

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3211

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Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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Topic

Air pilots

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3211]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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