Greetings from Hygienic Containers Pty. Limited 1949. Commemorating the Twentieth Anniversary of the First Crossing of the Pacific Ocean [calendar] / Hygienic Containers Pty Ltd, 1949

PXE 1774

fonds

1949

Graphic Materials, Ephemera

1009294

1 calendar - 29.5cm x 43 cm

Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC (9 February 1897 – 8 November 1935) was a pioneering Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia. He also made the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland, the first flights between Australia and New Zealand, and the first eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the United States. He also made a flight from Australia to London, setting a new speed record.
This calendar commemorates twenty years since the historical first crossing of the Pacific Ocean, made by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in 1928. The calendar was produced by Hygienic Containers Pty Ltd (an Australian company operational from 1923-2006) as a gratuity to customers.
Reference: Library correspondence file

A wall calendar, published by Hygienic Containers Pty Ltd. for 1949, with reproduction of drawing by Harold Bright of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Southern Cross aeroplane, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the first flight crossing the Pacific Ocean in 1928.

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