Charles Lindbergh Greeting Airfield Dignitaries on Tarmac (Plate #3863) (1927)

Archival photograph plate 3863 showing Charles Lindbergh greeting naval officers and civic leaders beneath an airplane wing. — Charles Lindbergh Greeting Airfield Dignitaries on Tarmac (Plate #3863) (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

An original gelatin silver contact print from negative plate #3863 documenting Charles A. Lindbergh during his 1927 aeronautical tour. Lindbergh is captured in profile in a dark suit, leaning forward to converse with a reception committee composed of U.S. Navy officers and civic dignitaries wearing fedoras and boater hats beneath the shadow of a monoplane wing.