First Time Cargo Shipped via Airplane

Creator

Preview

Item Identifier Number

ms398_01_20

Creation Date

1910

Collection

MS-398: Wright Company Glass Plate Negative Collection

Description

Max Morehouse seated in a Wright Model B Flyer under construction. Morehouse was president of the Morehouse-Martens Company which sponsored the November 1910 flight transporting ten bolts of fabric from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio. It marked the first-time cargo was shipped by airplane.

Publisher Repository

Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Digital Initiatives and Repository Services; Wright State University Libraries

Document Type

Image

Media Type

Glass plate negative

Permissions

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Date Digital

June 2010

Digitization Specification

Epson Expression 10000 XL