Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Byrd (the Admiral) arrives in Winchester |
Catalog Number |
69-0175 wfchs |
Accession number |
69-73 wfchs |
Collection |
Winchester-Frederick Co Historical Soc Collection |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Admiral Richard E. Byrd arrives in Winchester, at B&O station on Piccadilly Street. Passenger car 1407 in background. Two motion picture cameramen (with tripods), men, women, children, policeman, etc. all enthusiastically welcoming famed Arctic explorer. Other man in Navy whites is a NCO. No other persons clearly identified. Date estimated as c. 1930. Compare 39-151 thl. Two 3" x 5" b & w prints also in envelope, along with cryptic note identifying one of the small boys in crowd as a "Mr. Wallace". |
Photographer |
Barr, C. Frederick |
Date |
c. 1930 |
Year Range from |
1929 |
Year Range to |
1932 |
People |
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, Jr., Admiral |
Search Terms |
Byrd family men women children boys girls crowds celebrations celebrities B&O Baltimore & Ohio Railroad railroad station cameras 1930s 20th century military uniform officers enlisted USN US Navy |