Aviator J. Clifford Turpin at the controls of a Wright Model-B biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

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Title	Aviator J. Clifford Turpin at the controls of a Wright Model-B biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912
Description	Photograph of aviator J. Clifford Turpin at the controls of a Wright Model-B biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The wood and canvas plane is at center and is facing slightly to the left. Turpin and a passenger are seated on the wing at center. The plane's engine is behind them and is connected to the large pusher propeller by a bicycle chain. The plane is on a large dirt air strip, and a crowd has gathered along the edge of the runway in the background.
Subject	Dominguez Air Meet of 1912; Turpin, J. Clifford
Subject (adlf)	airport features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Air -- Aviation Meets -- Dominguez Air Show -- #2 (1912)
Subject (lcsh)	Aeronautics Airplanes
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Dominguez Hills; Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1912
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1912
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	transparencies photographic prints photographs
Accession number	11698
Call number	CHS-11698
Microfiche number	1-102-31
Legacy record ID	chs-m13084; USC-1-1-1-13236
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-11698
Archival file	chs_Volume81/CHS-11698.tiff

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