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Item Identifier Number
ms338_08_03
Creation Date
1910
Collection
MS-338: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection
Description
The photograph is of Charles Foster Willard and Lieutenant Jacob Earl Fickel 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. At the time of the photograph Jacob Fickel was with the United States Army and is credited with firing the first shot from an airplane.
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_03; Curtiss aircraft; Fickel, Jacob Earl, 1883-1956; Harvard-Boston Aero Meet--1910; Philpott, Anthony, 1860-1952; United States. Army; United States. Army--Officers; Willard, Charles Foster, 1883-1977
