[Jean Batten in front of Gipsy Moth G-AARB on deck of Union Steam Ship's (USS) Aorangi]

Object detail

Accession number

PHO-0192-1.9

Maker

Unknown

Description

Showing Jean Batten and holding the wing of G-AARB on ship desk. Wings are folded in toward fuselage. Taken after Batten's 1934 England - Australia flight. Sailing from Sydney to Auckland.

Marks

"!934 Jean Batten + Gypsy Moth on board ship Sydney - NZ." -on verso. Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 5 x 8 cm

Collection

Jean Batten manuscript and photograph collection

Credit Line

Unknown. Jun 1934. [Jean Batten in front of Gipsy Moth G-AARB on deck of Union Steam Ship's (USS) Aorangi], PHO-0192-1.9. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982 New Zealand Aviation New Zealand Women air pilots De Havilland DH 60 Gipsy Moth Union Steam Ship Company Limited <C> Passenger ships Ships

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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