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 aviator Glenn Curtiss, the first man to fly an airplane west of the Rockies, and his wife Lena with a Curtiss biplane at Dominguez Field, 1909. Lena is sitting at the controls of the aircraft at center and is holding the steering wheel while looking to the right. She is wearing a long dress and a large dark hat. Her husband is standing on the ground slightly left of center and is holding on to the frame of the airplane. He is wearing a dark suit and a dark cap and has a thick mustache. The canvas covered wooden wings of the aircraft are behind the couple, and the plane's engine is mounted between the wings.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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