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Description
Photograph of aviator Philip Orin Parmelee at the controls of a Wright glider at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Parmelee is seated on the aircraft at center and has his hand resting on a control stick at left. He is wearing a leather jacket, dark trousers, and a dark cap. The plane is a wooden biplane with canvas covered wings and ski-type landing gear. A throng of people is gathered behind the airplane.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
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