Claude Grahame-White's Nieuport monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Creator

Anthony Philpott

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Item Identifier Number

ms338_10_64

Creation Date

1911

Collection

MS-338: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection

Description

The photograph is of the side of Claude Grahame-White's Nieuport monoplane with a number three marked on the tail parked 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. The grandstands are in the background and spectators surround the plane. Claude Grahame-White is standing in the group of people on the left side of the image near the propeller of the airplane and facing the camera. Grahame-White was given the number three to identify his aircraft during the meet.

Publisher Repository

Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries

Document Type

Image

Media Type

Photograph

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Date Digital

1-28-2010

Digitization Specification

Epson Expression 10000 XL