Remarkable display featuring a signed portrait and swatch of fabric from Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis: a handsome vintage matte-finish 8 x 11 photo of Lindbergh by G. L. Manuel Freres, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To George Wingay, With best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh, June 3, 1927"; and a tiny swatch of fabric from the Spirit of St. Louis airplane, measuring approximately .5 x .25. Beautifully double-matted and framed together to an overall size of 25 x 21. In fine condition. The fabric swatch was personally examined and authenticated by John Reznikoff of University Archives. Lindbergh signed this beautiful photograph on June 3, 1927, his last day in Paris following his famed transatlantic flight. On the morning of June 4th, he flew aboard a French Army biplane from Le Bourget to Cherbourg, the French port in Normandy where the USS Memphis was docked. The Spirit of St. Louis was already aboard the American cruiser, packed in two long wooden crates. That afternoon, the USS Memphis steamed out of the harbor bound for Washington, DC, where Lindbergh was received as an American hero.
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