Wright Brothers Photographs
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Item Identifier Number
ms1_20_9_13
Creation Date
10-1-1910
Collection
MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection
Description
Close-up view of the front of Claude Grahame-White's Bleriot (100 Gnome) airplane sitting outside the hanger with an unidentified man holding the front of the airplane. The airplane had a Gnome 14-cylinder engine that generated 100 h.p. Orville Wright annotated on the back "Probably winner Gordon Bennett race 1910." This photograph is attributed to the U.S. Army Air Corps, 2nd Photo Section, Langley Field, Virginia.
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
Photographic print, black and white
Permissions
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Date Digital
3-4-2003
Digitization Specification
AGFA DuoScan T2000 XL
Spatial Coverage
Elmont, New York
Keywords
ms1_20_9_13; Early Aircraft and Pilots; Airplane racing; Airplanes--Motors; Hangars; Racetracks (Horse racing); Grahame-White, Claude, 1879-1959; Blériot (Aircraft); Propellers, Aerial; Airplanes
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