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 aviators Frank H. Johnson and Glen Curtiss with a Curtiss biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1910. Johnson is seated at the controls and is holding a steering wheel at right. He is wearing a dark pinstriped suit and a dark hat. Curtiss is standing at right and is also wearing a dark suit with a cap. The plane's engine is directly behind Johnson at left, and the canvas-covered wings are both visible. Part of the plane's tricycle landing gear is visible in the grass at bottom.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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