Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection (MS-338)

The collection consists of glass plate negatives, lantern slides, and photographs taken by Anthony Philpott, editor of the Boston Globe. Of particular interest are pictures of Wilbur Wright, Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald, President William H. Taft, Claude Grahame-White, Glenn Curtiss, and other distinguished people from that time period.

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Mabel Hall Ely sitting at the controls of a Curtiss aircraft at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Mechanic working on Bleriot monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Spectators at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Spectators cheering at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Spectators cheering at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Thomas Sopwith and Gwendolyn Leonard in a Wright Model A Flyer at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Thomas Sopwith flying a Bleriot monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Thomas Sopwith flying a Bleriot monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Thomas Sopwith flying a Bleriot monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Thomas Sopwith in a Wright Model A Flyer at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Thomas Sopwith in a Wright Model A Flyer at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911
Thomas Sopwith in a Wright Model A Flyer at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Collection (MS-338)

Mabel Hall Ely sitting at the controls of a Curtiss aircraft at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Mechanic working on Bleriot monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Spectators at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Spectators cheering at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Spectators cheering at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Thomas Sopwith and Gwendolyn Leonard in a Wright Model A Flyer at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Thomas Sopwith flying a Bleriot monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Thomas Sopwith flying a Bleriot monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Thomas Sopwith flying a Bleriot monoplane at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Thomas Sopwith in a Wright Model A Flyer at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Thomas Sopwith in a Wright Model A Flyer at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

Thomas Sopwith in a Wright Model A Flyer at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, August - September, 1911

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