1931: Opening of Auburn-Opelika Airport
This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 149: Pilots Wiley Post and Harold Gatty and their famous plane, the Winnie Mae, attended...
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ftuauburn:oai:content.lib.auburn.edu:village/233 2023-05-15T15:39:41+02:00 1931: Opening of Auburn-Opelika Airport Coates, Midge Auburn – Lee County – Alabama 1931 black and white photograph, 1663 x 1052 pixels JPEG http://content.lib.auburn.edu/cdm/ref/collection/village/id/233 eng eng Auburn University Libraries Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013. This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732. Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Auburn (Ala.); Auburn University; Airports -- Alabama; Airplanes -- Alabama; Automobiles -- Alabama; Business & Industry -- Transportation; Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Transportation Routes; History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II; Image 1931 ftuauburn 2016-08-24T06:35:59Z This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 149: Pilots Wiley Post and Harold Gatty and their famous plane, the Winnie Mae, attended the opening of the Auburn-Opelika Airport in December 1931. The airport served as an emergency landing field for mail planes on the Atlanta-to-New Orleans route. In 1933, despite having only one eye, Post made a record-breaking solo flight around the world. In 1935, he and humorist Will Rogers died in a plane crash on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow, Alaska. Photo source: Glomerata, Auburn University Archives. Still Image Barrow Point Barrow Alaska Auburn University Digital Library Alabama Orleans ENVELOPE(-60.667,-60.667,-63.950,-63.950) |
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This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 149: Pilots Wiley Post and Harold Gatty and their famous plane, the Winnie Mae, attended the opening of the Auburn-Opelika Airport in December 1931. The airport served as an emergency landing field for mail planes on the Atlanta-to-New Orleans route. In 1933, despite having only one eye, Post made a record-breaking solo flight around the world. In 1935, he and humorist Will Rogers died in a plane crash on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow, Alaska. Photo source: Glomerata, Auburn University Archives. |
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Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013. |
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This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732. |
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