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Description
Photograph of inventor Lloyd Giles with the Giles Self-Propelled Projectile, ca.1928. A small biplane can be seen at center, facing towards the foreground at right. It rests on a three-wheeled undercarriage. Giles can be seen with his hands on the wooden propeller at right. The plane is in a large canvas hangar, and an American flag can be seen on a wall at left. The Giles Self Propelled Projectile, could carry 501 lbs. T.N.T. at any altitude and distance up to 400 miles.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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