Jimmy Stewart Visiting Henry Ford Museum, October 20, 1979
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Legendary screen actor Jimmy Stewart was also an avid pilot. His work and his hobby came together when Stewart starred as Charles Lindbergh in the 1957 film The Spirit of St. Louis. Three replicas of the title airplane were used in the movie, and Stewart purchased one of them. The actor donated his plane to Henry Ford Museum in 1959.
Legendary screen actor Jimmy Stewart was also an avid pilot. His work and his hobby came together when Stewart starred as Charles Lindbergh in the 1957 film The Spirit of St. Louis. Three replicas of the title airplane were used in the movie, and Stewart purchased one of them. The actor donated his plane to Henry Ford Museum in 1959.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
20 October 1979
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.780
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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