Bracelet, Lindbergh, King Collection

A gold bracelet with the Spirit of St. Louis in the middle. Moving left from the airplane there is a horseshoe inside of a wreath, an American flag on a pole and a small city skyline. Moving right from the airplane is text "1927" a horseshoe inside of a wreath, a French flag on a pole and the Eiffel Tower. A banner runs across the bottom of the bracelet underneath the airplane "N.Y. Spirit of St. Louis Paris"

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.