Douglas World Cruiser Placed on Exhibit, A&I

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Summary

The Douglas World Cruiser "Chicago" is placed on exhibit in the rotunda of the Arts & Industries Building to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe made in 1924. It was restored by Walter R. Roderick of the Silver Hill facility.

Subject

  • Roderick, Walter
  • Arts and Industries Building)
  • National Air and Space Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 4/1974, p. 3

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

April 6, 1974

Topic

Restoration

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