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 Hillery Beachey, brother of Lincoln Beachey, in the air at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. His biplane is climbing to the right at center. It is a wood-framed planed with canvas-covered wing and tail surfaces. The plane is flying over a smooth dirt runway. A crowd is gathered on the far side of the runway, and several early-model automobiles are visible. In front of the crowd at center is a grounded monoplane.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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