Goodyear blimp flying over spectators, Essex-Terraplane launch
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Description
View of Goodyear blimp or dirigible flying over Amelia Earhart, Roy D. Chapin of the Hudson Motor Car Company, and spectators during the launch of the Essex Terraplane automobile. The event, featuring Earhart, took place next to the Hudson factory in Detroit, Michigan. Stamped on back: "J.W. Hughes, Detroit's photographer since 1885. Maccabee Bldg., Woodward at Putnam, Phone Columbia 3249." Label on back: "Hudson, 1932. Essex-Terraplane launch with Amelia Earhart, 21 Jul 1932."
Details
- Creator:
- Hughes, J.W.
- Resource ID:
- na032699
- Subject:
- Airships--Michigan--Detroit
- Spectators--Michigan--Detroit
- Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
- Chapin, Roy D. (Roy Dikeman), 1880-1936
- Hudson Motor Car Company
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1932-07-21
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- Hudson-Essex-Terraplane launch with Amelia Earhart
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.