Richard E. Byrd Boarding a Train to Visit Floyd Bennett in a Quebec Hospital, 1928
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Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made the first flight to the North Pole in 1926. Two years later, when Bennett was dying from pneumonia in Quebec City, Byrd rushed from Boston to see him. He didn't make it in time to say goodbye. When Byrd flew to the South Pole in 1929, he named his airplane Floyd Bennett in Bennett's memory.
Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made the first flight to the North Pole in 1926. Two years later, when Bennett was dying from pneumonia in Quebec City, Byrd rushed from Boston to see him. He didn't make it in time to say goodbye. When Byrd flew to the South Pole in 1929, he named his airplane Floyd Bennett in Bennett's memory.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1928
Subject Date
1928
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Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
84.1.1629.274
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.75 in
Width: 6.5 in
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