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Title The Library of Congress: Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license I claim no rights to this image other than I colorized it. Title: Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Although there may not be sufficient snow for his reindeer sleigh, Santa Claus will still be able to deliver his load of presents on time this Christmas by using the air route. The old saint called at the Commerce Department in Washington today where he is shown receiving an aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. for Aeronautics William P. MacCracken, while Clarence M. Young (right) Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, looks on. Airway maps and the assurance that the lights would be burning on the airways Christmas Eve were also given to Santa Creator(s): Harris & Ewing, photographer Date Created/Published: [1927 November or December] Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-hec-34635 (digital file from original negative) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: LC-H2- B-2369 [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Notes: Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec Subjects: United States. Format: Glass negatives. Collections: Harris & Ewing Collection Part of: Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress) Bookmark This Record: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2013004672/