Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
Dale L. White |
Accession Number |
2021.009.005 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
This is a photograph of the early African-American pilot Dale L. White. He is best known for his 1939 "Goodwill Flight" with Chauncey E. Spencer from Chicago to Washington, D.C. This event was organized by the Challenger Air Pilots Association and the Chicago Defender newspaper. As part of his journey White stopped at Harlem Airport located on the southeast corner of 87th Street and Harlem Avenue, near Oak Lawn. Home to the Coffey School of Aeronautics, the airfield was in use as early as 1933 and closed around 1956 after its lease expired. This item is courtesy of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. |
Date |
Circa 1939 |
Classification |
People Airports Clubs and Organizations Newspapers |
Search Terms |
Photographs Pictures Photos Pilots Flight Aircraft Airplanes Black History African-American Experience |
People |
Coffey, Cornelius White, Dale L. |