Captain Hoy's Air Crossing Of The Rockies
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- August 1919
- Accession No.
- 19705245006
- Physical Description
- 17.5 x 12.5 cm black & white copy
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Captain Hoy's biplane shortly after take off, Lethbridge 1919. Caption on photograph reads "Captain Hoy taken off YMCA first place across Rocky Mountains and in Lethbridge.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- August 1919
- Physical Description
- 17.5 x 12.5 cm black & white copy
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Acquisition Source
- Anonymous
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Captain Hoy's biplane shortly after take off, Lethbridge 1919. Caption on photograph reads "Captain Hoy taken off YMCA first place across Rocky Mountains and in Lethbridge.
- Notes
- Captain Ernest C. Hoy became the first pilot to successfully cross the rocky mountains by air on August 7, 1919. A ceremony was held August 7, 1966 in Lethbridge, in Galt Gardens to unveil a plaque honouring Captain Hoy's feat. For further information on Captain Hoy and the first flight through the rockies see newspaper clippling file labelled transportation, p1977025500
- p19705245009-gm, and p19705246007-gm.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19705245006
- Collection
- Archive
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