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Title: Robert G. Fowler's biplane (8 views)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1911
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: 2008-0746
PHOTO: AVIATION: AIRPLANES: BIPLANES
Eight views of Robert G. Fowler's biplane equipped with an automobile engine utilized by the Cole Motor Car Company on his transcontinental trip from San Francisco to Jacksonville, Florida. Shows Fowler, crew and fans in the Sierra Nevada foothills in the Auburn-Colfax area and his Wright biplane on the first leg of his trip.
View 1 (2008-0746) working on the plane, women and children behind to the left -- view 2 (2008-0747) working on the plane -- view 3 (2008-0748) close-up view of the center of the plane -- view 4 (2008-0749) close-up view of the plane showing a pully -- view 5 (2008-0750) side view of the plane with hills in the background, men next to the plane -- view 6 (2008-0751) men on horseback and standing next to the plane -- view 7 (2008-0752) men, horses and mountains behind the plane -- view 8 (2008-0753) the plane in a field, possible double exposure print.
Negative, no. 8,615 (4 x 5 in.) accession no. 2008-0746; no. 8,616 (4 x 5 in.) accession no. 2008-0747; no. 8,617 (4 x 5 in.) accession no. 2008-0748; no. 8,618 (4 x 5 in.) accession no. 2008-0749; no. 6,332 (4 x 5 in.) accession no. 2008-0750; no. 8,619 (4 x 5 in.) accession no. 2008-0751; no. 8,620 (4 x 5 in.) accession no. 2008-0752; no. 8,621 (4 x 5 in.) accession no. 2008-0753.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 8 photographic prints ; 4 7/8 x 8 in.
Identifier: (C)001388754CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-2061
Subject: Fowler, Robert G
Biplanes--California--Placer County
Air pilots--California--Placer County
Placer County (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
Placer County
Placer County (Calif.)

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