Ashtray, Lindbergh, King Collection

A shallow green ashtray with rests for three cigarettes all evenly spaced around the perimeter of the tray. Between these rests in gold lettering "Home THeatre Maddock, N.D." In the center of the tray is an image of a smiling Lindbergh with two banners with black lettering "Our National Hero" above and "Col. Lindbergh" below.

On May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into history when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, thus becoming the first pilot to fly solo and nonstop from New York to Paris. This flight made Lindbergh a household name and catapulted him into fame and celebrity. The objects of popular culture in the National Collection display everything from ashtrays to wristwatches reflect the public adulation for Lindbergh and the powerful commercial response to his celebrity. More than 75 years after the Spirit's historic flight, Lindbergh's name still has the power help sell manufactured goods.