Towing the Spirit of St. Louis (1927)

The Spirit of St. Louis being towed backward by a vintage car down a dirt road toward Dutch Flats, with a man looking back at the fuselage. — Towing the Spirit of St. Louis (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A famous 1927 photograph originally taken by Donald A. Hall Sr. Often misidentified by historians, the figure in the car looking back at the fuselage is not Charles Lindbergh. This image documents the careful transport of the completed airframe to Dutch Flats for final assembly and testing.