Name/TitleHarry Hawker with trans-Atlantic aviators Alcock and Brown
About this objectHarry Hawker and Mackenzie Grieve made an unsuccessful attempt to fly the Atlantic in May 1919. A few weeks later British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight in June 1919.
This photograph shows Hawker and Mackenzie Grieve at a "Transatlantic Aviators’’ Dinner in London. Hawker is third from the left and Mackenzie Grieve is fifth from the left. Sir John Alcock is at the extreme left, with Sir Arthur Whitten Brown between him and Hawker.
One of the many slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.
This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Place MadeLondon, England
MakerGunn's Slides (Firm)
Maker RoleCreator Studio
Date Made1919
Period1910-1920
Object TypeGlass slide
Subject and Association KeywordsCivil aviation
Subject and Association KeywordsFamous aviators
Subject and Association KeywordsNotable flights
Subject and Association KeywordsHawker, H. G. (Harry George), 1889-1921.
Medium and MaterialsGelatin silver print on glass
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-IT-77
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