Charles Lindbergh Beside "Spirit of St. Louis" Nose Cowl at Dutch Flats (1927)

Close-up photograph of Charles Lindbergh smiling beside the damascened nose cowl and painted Spirit of St. Louis insignia. — Charles Lindbergh Beside "Spirit of St. Louis" Nose Cowl at Dutch Flats (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A vintage medium close-up photograph capturing Charles A. Lindbergh smiling alongside the forward fuselage of the Ryan NYP. The photograph highlights the engine-turned damascened aluminum nose cowling hand-beaten by Fred Rohr, the painted black lettering "Spirit of St. Louis", the exhaust manifold, and the landing gear shock-strut fairings engineered by Donald A. Hall Sr.