John Fitzgerald, Mayor of Boston, at the controls of a Burgess-Wright biplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, September, 1910

Creator

Anthony Philpott

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Item Identifier Number

ms338_02_10

Creation Date

1910

Collection

MS-338: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection

Description

The photograph is of John Fitzgerald, Mayor of Boston, sitting at the controls of a Burgess-Wright biplane. The image was taken at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet which was held in Atlantic, Massachusetts from September 3-13, 1910 and was sponsored by the Harvard Aeronautical Society. In the background people are walking behind the plane. The image is the same as item number ms338_06_06 in the form of a glass lantern slide.

Publisher Repository

Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries

Document Type

Image

Media Type

4x5 Glass Plate Negative

Permissions

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Date Digital

10-10-2007

Digitization Specification

Epson Expression 10000 XL