Contributed by Paris Cape Historical Society
Description
Henry W. (Harry) Lyon Jr. in a car in front of his family's home at Paris Hill, about 1927.
In 1928, Lyon was the navigator aboard the Southern Cross, a Fokker tri-motor piloted by Australian Charles Kingsford Smith. It was the first flight across the Pacific.
About This Item
- Title: Harry Lyon, Paris Hill, ca. 1927
- Creation Date: circa 1927
- Subject Date: circa 1927
- Location: Paris, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 18.8 cm x 24 cm
- Collection: Lloyd Gates Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Fokker airplanes
- Transpacific flights
- Firsts
- Southern Cross (Airplane)
- Flight navigators
- Automobiles--1920-1930
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Paris Cape Historical Society19 Park Street, South Paris, ME 04281
(207) 743-2462
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