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Aram's Studio,. Harvard-Boston Aero Meet photographs, 1910.

Title: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet photographs, 1910.

Photographs and postcards of the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet in Squantum Mass., 3-13 Sept., 1910, the second aero meet to take place in the United States. The photographs, mostly reproductions, depict British aviator Claude Grahame-White and American inventor and aviator Wilbur Wright with their planes, as well as others who attended the Aero Meet; the original photographers are mostly unidentified. The postcards in this collection are of planes, aviators, and events at the Meet, taken and published by Arams' Studio, officicial photographer for the Aero Meet.

ArchivalResource: 7 photographs, 1 photomechanical, and 13 postcards in 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56414883 View

Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964,. Lammot du Pont, Jr., Aeronautics collection, 1783-1944.

Title: Lammot du Pont, Jr., Aeronautics collection, 1783-1944.

The Lammot du Pont, Jr., Aeronautical Collection consists of books, manuscripts, and prints and photographs.

ArchivalResource: Mss. 7.2 linear ft.Prints and photographs 1,700 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122355321 View

Early Aviation Photograph Collection 1909-1911 (inclusive).

Title: Early Aviation Photograph Collection 1909-1911 (inclusive).

The collection consists of seventy-eight black and white photographic prints and two postcards. There are negatives for seventy-five of the photographic prints. The photographs depict scenes of early aviation meets circa 1909 to 1911. A number of the photographs were taken at several early airfields including Fort Myer, Virginia, Governors Island, New York, and College Park, Maryland. The bulk of the photographs were taken by spectators at several notable aviation exhibitions held in 1910 and 1911. The photographs show biplanes, monoplanes, and gliders, both in flight and on the ground. Most of the photographs have brief captions on versos. Wilbur and Orville Wright, Claude Grahame-White, Earle Lewis Ovington, Walter R. Brookins, and Eugene Burton Ely are among the aviation pioneers identified in the captions on the photographs. The collection is arranged chronologically.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50678425 View