Goodwill Plane with Charles Lindberg
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Glass
DATES
1928
DIMENSIONS
Length: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Width: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
On underside of proper left wing, molded: "U.S.A. / 5/8 OZ / AVOR"
INSCRIPTIONS
On proper left side of plane, molded: "SPIRIT OF - / - GOODWILL -"
ACCESSION NUMBER
40.190
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Colorless pressed glass in shape of an airplane with figure of Charles Lindbergh in the cockpit; top of each wing decorated with molded star; on proper left side of plane, molded: "SPIRIT OF - / - GOODWILL". The front end or nose of the plane is a round, threaded opening for (now lost) screw-on top; plane hollow inside.
CAPTION
American. Goodwill Plane with Charles Lindberg, 1928. Glass, Length: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Width: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.190. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.190_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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What is this?
A souvenir! This is a glass model of the Goodwill Plane with Charles Lindberg! It was molded in 1928. The mission of the Pan American Good Will Flight of 1926-1927 was to express a message of friendship from the United States to the governments and people of Central and South America, as well as to promote U.S. commercial aviation and forge aerial navigation routes through the Americas.