National Air and Space Museum Archives

Harvard Boston Aero Meet Photographs

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1992.0016
Creators:
Foxworth, Thomas G.
Dates:
1910
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 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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Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Aeronautics -- Exhibitions Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics -- Competitions Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Baldwin, Thomas Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Harvard Boston Aero Meet Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brookins, Walter, 1889-1953 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Graham-White, Claude Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Harmon, Clifford Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Willard, Charles Foster Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Foxworth, Thomas G. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Roe, A. V. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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