Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Harlem Airport |
Accession Number |
2019.025.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
This is a photograph of Harlem Airport located on the southeast corner of 87th Street and Harlem Avenue. It features an unidentified man, possibly a Mr. Crawford, standing next to a Curtiss Robin airplane that says "Coffey School of Aeronautics". The airfield was in use as early as 1933 and closed around 1956 after its lease expired. |
Date |
08/17/1941 |
Print size |
3.25" x 4.5" |
Classification |
Airports Schools Education |
Search Terms |
Photos Photographs Pictures Flight Aircraft Airplanes African American Experience Black History |
People |
Coffey, Cornelius |