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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Harvard Boston Aero Meet Photographs
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1992.0016
- Creators:
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Foxworth, Thomas G.
- Dates:
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1910
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.05 Cubic feet1 folder
- Repository:
This collection consists of 118 photographic prints copied from Thomas Foxworth. The images include the field, aircraft, aviators, and spectators at the Harvard Boston Aero Meet.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 118 photographic prints copied from Thomas Foxworth. The images document the field, aircraft, aviators, and spectators at the Harvard Boston Aero Meet.
Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by the SI (Smithsonian Institution) negative number that was applied at the time of copying.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
The Harvard Boston Aero Meet was held at the Harvard Aero Field in Atlantic (now Squantum), Massachusetts, September 3-13, 1910. This meet was the second air meet held in the country, and the first on the East Coast. The international contestants raced for money prizes, and the event attracted thousands of spectators, including President Taft. Among the nineteen aviators were: Glenn Curtiss, Charles Foster Willard, A.V. Roe, Claude Graham-White, Clifford Harmon, Walter Brookings, Arthur Johnson, M. Didier Masson, William Christmas, Greely Curtis, and Thomas Baldwin. Air meet competitors challenged each other in nine events: Speed, Altitude, Duration, Distance, Slow Lap, Getaway, Airway, Dropping Bombs on Battle ship, and the Boston Globe Special. Claude Graham-White, an Englishman, was the big winner, netting $22,000.
Administration
Author
Amanda Buel
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Thomas G. Foxworth, gift, 1991, 1992.0016, unknown
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Amanda Buel, 2018.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Preferred Citation
Harvard Boston Aero Meet Photographs, acc. 1992.0016, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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