Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh are standing at the side of Lockheed Vega Model 5 Executive NC395H airplane while stopping at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. en route to South America. The five-place monoplane was manufactured during August 1929 by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California. It left the factory with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp B engine (S/N 1815) of 450 HP. The aircraft was loaned to Col. Lindbergh by Morgan Belmont (1892–1953), the son of August Belmont Jr. who built the Belmont Park Racetrack in New York, for Lindbergh’s 7000 mile South American trip. The Lindberghs took off from Bolling Field, the first stop on their trip (which had begun at Roosevelt Field on Long Island) on September 18, 1929. The Lockheed Vega model was designed by John Knudsen Northrop (1895-1981) and Gerard Freebairn Vultee (1900-1938) and manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Limited and first flown on July 4, 1927. Lockheed delivered the Vega 5 in 1929."
National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress
Description: Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh are standing at the side of Lockheed Vega Model 5 Executive NC395H airplane while stopping at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. en route to South America. The five-place monoplane was manufactured during August 1929 by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California. It left the factory with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp B engine (S/N 1815) of 450 HP. The aircraft was loaned to Col. Lindbergh by Morgan Belmont (1892–1953), the son of August Belmont Jr. who built the Belmont Park Racetrack in New York, for Lindbergh’s 7000 mile South American trip. The Lindberghs took off from Bolling Field, the first stop on their trip (which had begun at Roosevelt Field on Long Island) on September 18, 1929. The Lockheed Vega model was designed by John Knudsen Northrop (1895-1981) and Gerard Freebairn Vultee (1900-1938) and manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Limited and first flown on July 4, 1927. Lockheed delivered the Vega 5 in 1929." [show more]
Order from left to right: Margaret B. Dolliver (1897-1972), later Mrs. Henry "Harry" R. Glecker - lived in Hicksville (N.Y.?) in 1927. Herbert McKinley Leighton (1896-1973) Lena G. Norwood (1897-1992), later Mrs. Austin Malvery Mitchell. Principal - H.H. Foster Mark Robinson Lawler (1897-1977) - brother of Christopher Wendell Lawler - Mark went to college, became an engineer, married Katherine Louise Horstman, lived in North Carolina. Unknown woman - either: Hazel D. Malanson (1896-1948), later Mrs. Clarence E. Harding. or Elizabeth F. Staples (1896-1977), later Mrs. Reuben Harrison Lancaster - lived in Howland, Maine in 1921 and later in Brownville, Maine. Unknown woman - either: Hazel D. Malanson (1896-1948), later Mrs. Clarence E. Harding. or Elizabeth F. Staples (1896-1977), later Mrs. Reuben Harrison
Description: Order from left to right: Margaret B. Dolliver (1897-1972), later Mrs. Henry "Harry" R. Glecker - lived in Hicksville (N.Y.?) in 1927. Herbert McKinley Leighton (1896-1973) Lena G. Norwood (1897-1992), later Mrs. Austin Malvery Mitchell. Principal - H.H. Foster Mark Robinson Lawler (1897-1977) - brother of Christopher Wendell Lawler - Mark went to college, became an engineer, married Katherine Louise Horstman, lived in North Carolina. Unknown woman - either: Hazel D. Malanson (1896-1948), later Mrs. Clarence E. Harding. or Elizabeth F. Staples (1896-1977), later Mrs. Reuben Harrison Lancaster - lived in Howland, Maine in 1921 and later in Brownville, Maine. Unknown woman - either: Hazel D. Malanson (1896-1948), later Mrs. Clarence E. Harding. or Elizabeth F. Staples (1896-1977), later Mrs. Reuben Harrison [show more]
Daughters of John Dodge Lurvey and Hannah (Carroll) Lurvey Margaret C. Lurvey (1851-1931) - Mrs. Daniel Wilbert Walls and then Mrs. Henry E. Trundy Lorinda Gilley Lurvey (1854-1942) - Mrs. Theodore P. Farmer Elizabeth Lawler Lurvey (1856-1951) - Mrs. Walter Bloomfield Stanley Elmira S. Lurvey (1858-1906) - Mrs. John Andrew Walls Mabel "May" Anna Lurvey (1862-1915) - Mrs. John R. Tinker
Description: Daughters of John Dodge Lurvey and Hannah (Carroll) Lurvey Margaret C. Lurvey (1851-1931) - Mrs. Daniel Wilbert Walls and then Mrs. Henry E. Trundy Lorinda Gilley Lurvey (1854-1942) - Mrs. Theodore P. Farmer Elizabeth Lawler Lurvey (1856-1951) - Mrs. Walter Bloomfield Stanley Elmira S. Lurvey (1858-1906) - Mrs. John Andrew Walls Mabel "May" Anna Lurvey (1862-1915) - Mrs. John R. Tinker
The photograph was found by Ralph Stanley in the remains of Franklin Dolliver Ward's old machine shop in Manset before it was remodeled and became a restaurant.