Aviation Lithograph Collection 1866-1910

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Aviation Lithograph Collection 1866-1910

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A collection of eight early aviation lithographs and one photograph.

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Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6396571

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Artcurial (Art center : Paris, France)

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Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932

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Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an important early pioneer of aviation. Born in Saõ Paulo, Brasil, he moved with his family to Paris in 1891. His studies led him to learn to fly, then build dirigibles and airplanes. After a grave accident in 1910, he became ill with multiple sclerosis. Very depressed, he returned to Brazil in 1928, and died in 1932. From the description of Letter to a friend, 1826 Aug. 14, Val-Mont sur Territet. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: ...