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R. Orteig (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Orteig
  "Raymond Orteig (1870 – 6 June 1939) was a French American hotel owner in New York City in the early 20th century. He is best known for setting up the $25,000 Orteig Prize in 1919 for the first non-stop transatlantic flight between New York City and Paris, which was claimed by Charles Lindbergh eight years later in 1927."
  
  This photo was clearly at the same location as a neighboring photo in the stream.

• swanq said:

  The date of 5/23/27 written on the negative relates to the occasion when the Orteig prize was won by Charles Lindbergh.

• Richard Norton said:

  Thank you to the Bain employee that properly refiled the image in 1927, back to its 1925 proper place after copying.

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks swanq for the identification and noticing the date issue.