Ceremony To Unveil Monument Commemorating First Air Crossing Of Rockies
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1966
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19705246002
- Physical Description
- 20.5 x 25.5 cm black & white copy print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of seven Air Force members posed in front of a T-33 Aircraft. 3 other T-33's are flying over the group.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1966
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 20.5 x 25.5 cm black & white copy print
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Acquisition Source
- anonymous
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of seven Air Force members posed in front of a T-33 Aircraft. 3 other T-33's are flying over the group.
- Notes
- Captain Ernest C. Hoy was the first pilot to successfully cross the Canadian rocky mountains by air, 7 August 1919. A ceremony was held in Lethbridge, 7 August 1966, to unveil a plaque commemorating the feat. See newspaper clipping file "transportation" for additional information.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19705246002
- Collection
- Archive
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