Image Number

• RC12112

Year

• 1961

Date Note

• Photographed on March 28, 1961.

Series Title

• General: Reference collection
• Specific: Reference collection

General Note

• Eastern Airlines inaugurated by ferrying city, state and chamber of commerce officials. Aboard the flight were: Mayor Joe Cordell, State Comptroller Ray Green, City Commissioners Davis Atkinson, George Taff, Hugh Williams, City manager Arvah Hopkins, City clerk-auditor George White, Airport manager Flagg Chittenden, Ernest Menendez, Frank Deller, James Calhoun, John Ward and Jeff Lewis, all of the Chamber of Commerce.
• Lawrence E. Hughes, meteorologist in charge of the weather bureau, Eastern's city sales manager J. Seipel, Secretary to the City manager Lois Manuel, L.W. Riggins, project engineer from Reynolds, Smith and Hills of Jacksonville; Huston Hudson of Hudson Aircraft Service and Tallahassee Democrat photographer Chuck Goetz.

Rights

• 

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Subject Term

• Airplanes
• Propellers, Aerial

Geographic Term

• Tallahassee (Fla.)
• Leon County (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Hopkins, Arvah Branch, 1912-1976.
• Williams, Hugh E., Jr.
• Taff, George Stanton, 1924-2000
• Atkinson, Davis Hiram.
• Green, Ray E., 1899-1982.
• Cordell, Joe Wilson, Sr., 1919-1999.
• White, George.
• Chittenden, Flagg.
• Deller, Frank.
• Calhoun, James.
• Ward, John.
• Lewis, Jefferson Davis, 1919-1982.
• Hughes, Lawrence E.
• Seipel, J.
• Manuel, Lois.
• Riggins, L. W.
• Hudson, Huston.
• Goetz, Chuck.
• Menendez, Ernest.

Subject Corporate

• Tallahassee (Fla.). Mayor.
• Eastern Air Lines, inc.
• Tallahassee Regional Airport (Fla.)
• Florida. Comptroller's Office (1955-1965 : Green)

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: 16820.

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