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Reporters interview Admiral Richard E. Byrd

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Call NumberRh-449CreatorRhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975Date1929SummaryPeople crowd around Admiral Richard E. Byrd being interviewed by reporters, in Denver, Colorado, after his historic 1929 flight to the South Pole. Shows the Fokker tri-motor airplane used for Byrd's expedition.Physical Description1 photonegative : glass 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver (Colo.)Admirals--American--Colorado--DenverAirplanes--Colorado--DenverReporters--Colorado--DenverByrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957Fokker Aircraft.Geographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700185449Type of MaterialGlass negativesGroup portraitsPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionHarry M. Rhoads photograph collectionNotesFormerly Engle #40516; Inked on glass plate and reproduced on photoprint "40516."; Title and "at the gangway of his Fokker tri-motor on Byrd's visit to Denver after his 1929 flight to the South Pole." hand-written on back of print. R7001854494DonorMorey Engle

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