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Title	Eddie Rickenbacker signing a contract for a Douglas airliner
Description	Eddie Rickenbacker signing a contract for a Douglas airliner. Caption on verso reads, "Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, General Manager, shown signing contract for Eastern Air Lines' participation in the development of a four-engined, 40 passenger, 4,000 horsepower super Douglas airliner. This new giant plane will make possible flying passengers from New York or Chicago to Miami in five and a half hours."
Creator	Unknown
Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Date	1936-03-00
Decade	1930s
LC Subject Headings	Eastern Air Lines, inc. Airlines -- United States Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 Douglas Aircraft Company Douglas airplanes Aeronautics -- United States Aeronautics, Commercial
Format	JPEG
Type	Image
Technical Information	Black and White Photo
URL	http://diglib.auburn.edu/images/sparcimages/101-96-066-2025.jpg
Accession Number	101-96-066-2-025
Collection	Eddie Rickenbacker Papers
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Abernethy, Lynn
Date Submitted	2005-12-20