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IE CA CP/3/16/5/87
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Douglas Corrigan and James Montgomery
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- 24 July 1938 (Creation)
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(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
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A photographic print of (left) Douglas Corrigan (1907-1995) and James Montgomery (1870-1943) at a reception in Dublin on 24 July 1938. Corrigan was a pioneering American aviator who earned the nickname ‘Wrong Way’ after ‘accidentally’ flying across the Atlantic when his original intention was to fly a cross-country route from New York to California in July 1938. James Montgomery was the Irish film censor from 1923 to 1940.
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For biographical information on James Montgomery see https://www.dib.ie/biography/montgomery-james-a5904