Lindbergh, Charles. -Celebration in Honor of Northwestern Field. -Crowds. -Lindbergh Speaking into Microphone.

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Aviator Charles Lindbergh sits with others during an outdoor ceremony at Northwestern Field in Detroit, Michigan. "In August of 1927, Lindy returned to the city of his birth and a hero's welcome. Ceremonies were held at his birthplace on West Forest. Later he would speak at a huge open field in Detroit. According to reports in the News "30,000 squirming, shrieking, madcap children in a crowd of 60,000 spectators in holiday delirium, greeted Lindbergh at Northwestern Field. Never before had Northwestern been the scene of such pandemonium," from "Lucky Lindy and his ties to Detroit," by Patricia Zacharias in The Detroit News.

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Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1927-08-10T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Crowds

Subject Name:

Lindbergh, Charles A. and (Charles Augustus)

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

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http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc41980_4