Air Pilot Louise McPhetridge Thaden, Holder of the Women's Altitude Record, 1928
THF256216 / Air Pilot Louise McPhetridge Thaden, Holder of the Women's Altitude Record, 1928
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Artifact Overview
Louise Thaden earned her pilot's license in 1928 while working in sales for Travel Air Corporation. Thaden set the women's altitude record that December at 20,260 feet. She won the inaugural Women's Air Derby in 1929. At the 1936 Bendix Transcontinental Race -- the first in which women were allowed to compete against men -- Thaden and co-pilot Blanche Noyes took first place.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1929
Subject Date
December 1928
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.151
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
Inscriptions
typed paper at bottom border of image:
UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD / 819R129 MRS. THADEN 4 / HOLDS WOMEN'S ALTITUDE RECORD- MRS. LOUISE / THADEN CLIMBS TO HEIGHT OF 20,270 FEET / OVER OAKLAND / OAKLAND, Cal.- PHOTO SHOWS: MRS. LOUISE THADEN / ATTRACTIVE AIRWOMAN, WHO ESTABLISHED THE WOMEN'S / ALTITUDE RECORD BY CLIMBING TO A HEIGHT OF / 20,270 FEET OVER THE AIRPORT HERE. SHE IS FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
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