May 15, 2003 - Sale 1971

Sale 1971 - Lot 279

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(AVIATION)
Album containing 59 photographs relating to Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan. Silver prints, 8x10 inches (20.4x25.5 cm.) and smaller, most are unmounted; with a "Mayor's Committee of Welcome to Corrigan" ribbon affixed to the first page. Oblong folio, embossed hand-tinted leather depicting a sun-draped scene of a Mexican playing a guitar. 1938
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Corrigan's infamous flight from New York to Ireland in 1938 (6,000 miles off-course from his declared destination of Los Angeles) made him a folk hero. Upon his return to New York City, he was given the full star treatment--a rousing ticker tape parade and introductions to N. Y. luminaries.