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Item Identifier Number
ms338_03_12
Creation Date
1911
Collection
MS-338: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection
Description
The photograph is of Lincoln Beachey flying a Curtiss aircraft over the racetrack at Saugus, Massachusetts. The image was taken during 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. Spectators are along the bottom of the image sitting in chairs by the side of the racetrack. The image is the same as item number ms338_06_23 which is in the form of a glass lantern slide.
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 Plate Negative
Permissions
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Date Digital
7-18-2007
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms338_03_12; Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915; Curtiss aircraft; Harvard-Boston Aero Meet--1911; Philpott, Anthony, 1860-1952; Racetrack