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Creation Date
1-11-1939
Abstract
A mural entitled "History's First Scheduled Airline Passenger Arrives in Tampa" as part of a series titled "The Art of Flight" by muralist George Snow Hill as commissioned by the Florida Works Progress Administration hung in Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Islands in Tampa, Florida.
Keywords
Airports, Peter O. Knight Airport (Fla.), George Snow Hill (1898-1969), United States. Florida Works Progress Administration, Murals
Extent
1 black-and-white photograph
Geographic Location
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); Davis Islands (Tampa, Fla.)
Physical Collection
Box
16
Folder
13
Media Type
Photographs
Note
The mural along with six other murals in "The Art of Flight" series by George Snow Hill was removed from the Peter O. Knight Airport in 1965. In 1971 they were placed back in the airport. They were placed in 2002 in Airside E of Tampa International Airport.
Identifier
florida_photograph_1081
Recommended Citation
Southern Photo and News, "History's First Scheduled Airline Passenger Arrives in Tampa Mural, Peter O. Knight Airport, Davis Islands, Tampa" (1939). Florida Photograph Collection. Image 82.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/florida_photograph/82
Keywords
Airports, Peter O. Knight Airport (Fla.), George Snow Hill (1898-1969), United States. Florida Works Progress Administration, Murals