Charles Lindbergh Signed Program From His Triumphal Tour of the United States After His Transatlantic Flight
When Lindbergh was in New York readying for his epochal flight to Paris, the Wright Corporation assigned Richard Blythe to assist him with his mail, the press, and general public relations. Lindbergh worked with Blythe before he took off, while in Paris, on his return voyage from Paris on the U. S. Navy...
When Lindbergh was in New York readying for his epochal flight to Paris, the Wright Corporation assigned Richard Blythe to assist him with his mail, the press, and general public relations. Lindbergh worked with Blythe before he took off, while in Paris, on his return voyage from Paris on the U. S. Navy cruiser Memphis, and again after he returned home. The two men became fast friends, forging a relationship that would last until Blythe's death.
On June 11, 1927, Lindbergh arrived back in the United States. He immediately got his first taste of the reception that lay ahead: a convoy of four destroyers, two army blimps, and 40 airplanes accompanied the Memphis up Chesapeake Bay. Hundreds of thousands were on hand to see him. On June 13 more than four million people turned out for events honoring the flier in New York. He received the Orteig Prize a few days later, and on the 18th returned to St. Louis and was received with acclaim.
Lindbergh then went on a three month tour of America organized and sponsored by Long Island millionaire Harry Guggenheim and the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. He departed on the Guggenheim Tour from Michel Field, Long Island, on July 20, 1927, and in the ensuing three months he visited 48 states and 92 cities. He partook in many parades (someone calculated that in these parades Lindbergh had traveled a combined distance of 1,290 miles), gave 147 speeches, and personally logged 260 hours and 45 minutes in the air while flying 22,350 miles. He returned to Michel Field on October 23, 1927.
Among his final stops on the tour was Spartenburg, SC, where he was feted at a great dinner co-hosted by the Chamber of Commerce on October 12.
Document signed, the entire, multi-page program from that evening, advertising a "Civic Dinner in honor of Col. Charles Lindbergh." Signed in bold pen at the bottom.
A rare memento from that historic and triumphant trip.
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