The Greater Rockford Takes Off.
Title
The Greater Rockford Takes Off.
Description
As the Greater Rockford airplane takes off from Rockford Airport (later Machesney Field) on its way to Stockholm, two people observe from the ground in the lower right portion of the photograph. This may be either Bert Hassell's and Parker Shorty Cramer's first attempt on July 26, 1928, which culminated in a crash, or the second attempt on August 16 that first took the aviators to Cochrane, Ontario before ending in an emergency landing on a Greenland ice cap on August 18.
Date
1928
Rights
Midway Village Museum
Format
jpeg
Type
Still Image
Identifier
2006.17.904
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
3.25" x 4.25"
Citation
“The Greater Rockford Takes Off.,” Midway Village Museum - Digital Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://midwayvillagemuseumdigitalcollections.omeka.net/items/show/2110.