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Title	Photograph, Governor John Trumbull, airplane, solo flight
Subject - LCSH	Trumbull, John Harper, 1873-1961; Governors; Airplanes
Description	Connecticut Governor John H. Trumbull (1925-1931) is shown seated in a biplane. A running caped messenger in colonial dress is painted on the side, possibly an early logo of Colonial Air Transport, which was awarded the New York/Boston airmail contract in 1926, and of which Trumbull was part owner. On back: "Former Governor John H. Trumbull, Connecticut's flying governor. Appointed the first state commissioner of aviation shortly after WWI. His solo flight in 1928 (?)" Hartford Courant article dated October 24, 1927 - "Governor Trumbull becomes first governor in the nation to qualify for a pilot's license and makes his first solo flight" in an Alexander Eaglerock plane.
Contributors	Hartford Times
Date - Created	1928?
Date - Other	1955, Nov 11
Source - Original	Hartford Public Library, Hartford History Center, Hartford Times Collection: Bio: Trumbull, Gov. John H., Barcode no. 32520103964028, 1 photograph; b&w; image 9 X 7 1/4 in., on sheet 10 X 8 1/8 in.
Source - Location	Hartford Public Library, Hartford History Center, Hartford Times Collection: Bio: Trumbull, Gov. John H., Barcode no. 32520103964028, 1 photograph; b&w; image 9 X 7 1/4 in., on sheet 10 X 8 1/8 in.
Relation	Hartford Times Collection, Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library: http://www.hplct.org/hhc/wordpress/?page_id=28
Publisher	Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library
Rights	Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library.