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Item Identifier Number

ms338_05_13

Creation Date

1911

Collection

MS-338: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection

Description

The photograph is of Eugene Ely piloting his Curtiss aircraft made with bamboo at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet which was held in Atlantic, Massachusetts from August 26 through September 4, 1911 and was sponsored by the Harvard Aeronautical Society and the Boston Daily Globe. An unidentified man is holding the back of the biplane behind the engine. The image is the same as item number ms338_01_11 which is in the form of a glass plate negative.

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 Lantern Slide

Permissions

Special Collections and Archives provides reprints or digital copies of our materials for a fee. For further information please visit their website or call (937) 775-2092.

Date Digital

7-31-2007

Digitization Specification

Epson Expression 10000 XL


Keywords

ms338_05_13; Curtiss aircraft; Ely, Eugene B., 1886-1911; Harvard-Boston Aero Meet--1911; Philpott, Anthony, 1860-1952

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