Lincoln Beachey at the controls of a Curtiss aircraft at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Creator

Anthony Philpott

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Item Identifier Number

ms338_05_09

Creation Date

1911

Collection

MS-338: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection

Description

The photograph is of Lincoln Beachey seated at the controls of a Curtiss aircraft at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet. Beachey is wearing an inflated tire inner tube as a life preserver in case he were to crash in the water. The image was taken 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. The image is the same as item number ms338_01_09 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

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Date Digital

7-31-2007

Digitization Specification

Epson Expression 10000 XL