Postcard of the "Spirit of St. Louis"

ID: SIA2013-01065 (front) and SIA2013-07220 (back)

Creator: Curt Teich & Co

Form/Genre: Postcard

Date: 1934

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 22

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Summary

Postcard of the "Spirit of St. Louis," Charles Lindbergh's plane, hanging in the U.S. National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, above display cases. Light green bands are above and below the image. The message side is unused. The front of the postcard has white edging.

Subject

  • Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974
  • Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
  • United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • The postcard is numbered #4A-H2181. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Photo-Colorit" Post Card. Curt Otto Teich (1877-1974), a German immigrant, founded Curt Teich & Co., which was a postcard printing company that operated from 1898 to 1978. The company specialized in view and advertising postcards, and was the largest volume printer of this type in the world from the 1920s to the 1940s. C.T. Photo-Colorit was a printing process used by Curt Teich & Co.
  • For another version of this postcard, see Negatives SIA2013-06661 and SIA2013-06662. For a postcard with the image in grayscale, produced by The Albertype Company, see Negatives SIA2013-07787 and SIA2013-07788.
  • This postcard is located in Accession 03-140, which is part of Record Unit 95.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 22

Contact information

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

Date

1934

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Postcard
  • Airplanes
  • Exhibitions
  • Museums
  • Museum exhibits

Form/Genre

  • Postcard
  • Linen

ID Number

SIA2013-01065 (front) and SIA2013-07220 (back)

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen

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