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Title
Aviator Philip Orin Parmelee aloft in a "baby" Wright glider at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912
Date Created and/or Issued
1912
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of aviator Philip Orin Parmelee aloft in a "baby" Wright glider at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The biplane glider is in the air at center. It is a wooden plane with canvas-covered control surfaces and ski-type landing gear. Parmelee is seated in the center of the aircraft. Five people clad in dark suits are scattered around on the flat ground below the plane.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13064
USC-1-1-1-13216
USC-1-1-1-13217 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-11700
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13064
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-11700.jpg
Subject
Aeronautics
Airplanes
Parmelee, Philip Orin
Dominguez Air Meet of 1912
Transportation--Air--Aviation Meets--Dominguez Air Show--#2 (1912)
Airport features
Time Period
1912
Place
California
Dominguez Hills
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-102-39 [Microfiche number]
11700 [Accession number]
CHS-11700 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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