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Item Identifier Number
ms338_08_04
Creation Date
1911
Collection
MS-338: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection
Description
The photograph is of Claude Grahame-White in a Nieuport monoplane with a number three on the tail on the exhibition field at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet which was held in Atlantic, Massachusetts from August 26 through September 4, 1911. The meet was sponsored by the Harvard Aeronautical Society and the Boston Daily Globe. Grahame-White was given the number three to identify his aircraft during the meet. It appears that the engine of the plane is running. In the background on the left side of the image are several buildings.
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
10-15-2007
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms338_08_04; Harvard-Boston Aero Meet--1911; Philpott, Anthony, 1860-1952; Nieuport aircraft; Grahame-White, Claude, 1879-1959ms338_08_04; Harvard-Boston Aero Meet--1911; Philpott; Anthony; 1860-1952; Nieuport aircraft; Grahame-White; Claude; 1879-1959
