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Title
Group of men flying a kite at Dominguez Field, ca.1910
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a group of men flying a kite at Dominguez Field, ca.1910. The five men are in the foreground at left. All are wearing long pants and caps. Two are seated while the others stand. The kite is visible high in the sky at right. It consists of seven sections tied together. There are more people visible in small groups in the distance, while an early biplane can be seen at low altitude in the background at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20414 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-14619
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20414
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-14619.jpg
Subject
Aeronautics
Airplanes
Transportation--Air--Aviation Meets--Dominguez Air Show--1910
Airport features
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
Dominguez Hills
Los Angeles
USA
Source
CHS-14619 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
USC-1-1-1-13205; 14619 [Accession number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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