Contributed by Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum
Description
Henry (Harry) Ware Lyon Jr. (1885-1963) in what probably is a high school photo. He graduated from Nazareth Hall, a military school in Pennsylvania, and studied at Hebron Academy while waiting for an appointment to the Naval Academy.
Lyon, who lived in Paris Hill, was the navigator aboard the Southern Cross, which flew from Oakland, California, to Sydney, Australia, with stops in Hawaii and Fiji, in 1928.
About This Item
- Title: Henry W. Lyon Jr., ca. 1902
- Creator: Collins, Vanita
- Creation Date: circa 1902
- Subject Date: circa 1902
- Location: Paris, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 14.5 cm x 10.2 cm
- Local Code: 2002.014.012
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Lyon, Henry Ware--Portrait photographs
- Southern Cross (Airplane)
- Transpacific flights
- Flight navigators
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