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Eastern Airlines Inaugural Flight to the Bahamas

2012-2385
Accession Number
2012-2385
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350380696
Related Collection
Murphy, Charles S. Papers
Keywords
Airlines
Airplanes
Airports
Bands (Music)
Rites and ceremonies
Jet planes
HST Keywords
Airplanes - Boeing 727 Whisperjet; Bahamas - Naussau
People Pictured
Murphy, Charles S. (Charles Springs), 1909-1983
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Credit:
Frederic Maura
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Bahamas News Bureau description for this photograph reads: "An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 Whisperjet is pictured at Nassau International following the airlines' inaugural Nassau flight, Jan. 20. The Royal Bahamas Police Force Band provided music for the historic occasion. Mr. Arthur D. Lewis, Eastern's senior vice president and general manager, topped the list of Eastern officials and dignitaries from the U.S. who were on the inaugural flight." The date is believed to be 1967. Charles S. Murphy, Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, is seated on the grandstand just behind and to the left of the speaker.
Date(s)
ca.
January 1967