History's First Scheduled Airline Passenger Arrives in Tampa Mural, Peter O. Knight Airport, Davis Islands, Tampa

Creator

Southern Photo and News

Files

Preview

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

Florida Photograph 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