Description: JULY 17th 1933, ORIGINAL PHOTO TYPE 1, ITALO BALBO & ITALIAN FLEET ARRIVES IN MONTREAL. "ITALIAN AIR FLEET ARRIVES AT MONTREAL. PICTURES FLOWN ACROSS ATLANTIC BY WILEY POST"."General Balbo, leader of the great Italian air armada, broadcasting greetings to the world after he had lef his squadron of twenty-four seaplanes to a safe landing on the waters of the St. Lawrence River at Montreal, Canada. These pictures were flown across the Atlantic to Berlin by Mr. Wiley Post, the American airman who is atempting to beat the round the world record". The Crociera del Decennale featured the so-called "Italian Air Armada." From 1 July to 12 August 1933, twenty-four seaplanes flew round-trip from Rome to the Century of Progress in Chicago, Illinois. The flight had eight legs: Orbetello – Amsterdam – Derry – Reykjavík – Cartwright – Shediac – Montreal – Lake Michigan near Burnham Park, Chicago – New York City. In honor of this feat, Mussolini donated a column from Ostia to the city of Chicago: the Balbo Monument. It can still be seen along the Lakefront Trail, a little south of Soldier Field. Chicago renamed the former 7th Street "Balbo Drive" and staged a great parade in his honor. Typed clipping glued on the back which was very typical of the time from the Press. Type I – A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during the period (within approximately two years of when the picture was taken).
Price: 249 USD
Location: Woodside, New York
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1933
Image Orientation: Landscape
Size: 6 x 8 in
Theme: Aviation, Travel & Transportation
Image Color: Black & White
Featured Person/Artist: Italo Balbo
Time Period Manufactured: 1925-1949
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Aircraft, Aviatrix, Pilot, Travel & Transportation, Women
Vintage: Yes
