Wiley Post and J.J. Hurley in front of "The Winnie Mae of Oklahoma" airplane

Creator

Preview

Identifier

10021077

Description

Wiley Post and J.J. Hurley. Post is signing a poster for the President's Birthday Ball event (held in honor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to raise funds for research into infantile paralysis). They are both standing in front of "The Winnie Mae of Oklahoma," Wiley Post's record-setting airplane, a single-winged, seven-passenger Lockheed 5C (modified 5B) Vega.

Archival Date

1934-01-17

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-328-4 [glass plate negative]

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Presidents--United States; Airplanes