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Title
Aviator Lincoln Beachey performing a stunt in his airplane 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 Lincoln Beachey performing a stunt in his airplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Beachey's Curtiss biplane is at center and is flying towards the camera while banking to the right. It has two long, canvas-covered wings and a tricycle undercarriage. There are two identical wooden buildings at right with large open doors on their front sides. Aside from these buildings, the fields over which the plane is flying are empty.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13076
USC-1-1-1-13228 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-11721
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13076
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-11721.jpg
Subject
Aeronautics
Airplanes
Beachey, Lincoln
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- [Microfiche number]
11721 [Accession number]
CHS-11721 [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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