[Plaque commemorating renaming of Pittsburgh Airport to "Rodgers Field"]

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Title

[Plaque commemorating renaming of Pittsburgh Airport to "Rodgers Field"]

Description

Photograph of a plaque commemorating the renaming of Pittsburgh Airport to "Rodgers Field" in honor of Calbraith Perry Rodgers, November 5, 1926.

Text: "To commemorate the naming of the Pittsburgh Airport Rodgers Field in honor of Calbraith Perry Rodgers. This tablet is dedicated November 5, 1926 by the Aero Club of Pittsburgh."

Stamped on verso of frame: "Wm. W. Beaudry / Commercial Photographer / [address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]."

Date

1926-11-05

Extent

1 photograph : print, black and white ; 23 x 16 cm

Language

Bibliographic Citation

The Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2023-08-14_image_025