Richard E. Byrd Boarding a Train to Visit Floyd Bennett in a Quebec Hospital, 1928
THF701914 / Richard E. Byrd Boarding a Train to Visit Floyd Bennett in a Quebec Hospital, 1928
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Artifact Overview
Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made the first flight to the North Pole in 1926. Two years later, when Bennett was dying from pneumonia in Quebec City, Byrd rushed from Boston to see him. He didn't make it in time to say goodbye. When Byrd flew to the South Pole in 1929, he named his airplane Floyd Bennett in Bennett's memory.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1928
Subject Date
1928
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
84.1.1629.274
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.75 in
Width: 6.5 in
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SetRichard Byrd’s North Pole Flight
- 25 Artifacts
On May 9, 1926, explorer Richard Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett took off from Norway on a round-trip flight to the North Pole in their Fokker Tri-Motor airplane Josephine Ford. Though Byrd is generally credited with reaching the pole, controversy remains over whether he could have made the 1,350-mile journey in the 16 hours he and Bennett spent aloft. Whatever doubts remain today, Byrd was celebrated as a leading polar explorer of his time.