Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of James Harold Doolittle (1896-1993)
Object Number:
1990.1.223
Date:
1937
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: left: "Wm. H. Walker / Jan 12/37"
inscription: lower left: "Doolittle / aviator"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Jan 12/37 / Doolitle / aviator"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject, an aviator and air force commander, made the first transcontinental flight across North America in under 24 hours, stopping only once for refueling, in September 1922, a feat that earned him international acclaim. He set additional aviation records in the late 1920s and 30s.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
