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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a parachutist dropping from a balloon at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The round balloon is at center and is spewing dark smoke. The parachutist is seen directly below the balloon at center. A small biplane is in the air at right and is flying to the left. A large crowd is on the ground at center and the people are gathered near their early-model automobiles as they watch the spectacle overhead.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
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