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Aviator Charles F. Willard at the controls of his Curtiss biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1910

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Title	Aviator Charles F. Willard at the controls of his Curtiss biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1910
Description	Photograph of aviator Charles F. Willard at the controls of his Curtiss biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1910. Willard is seated at center and is seen in profile as he looks to the right. He is holding the steering wheel for the aircraft in front of him, which won the "Scientific American" cup. The two canvas covered wings of the aircraft are at left, and mounted between them is a small engine attached to a pusher propeller. The plane is on the ground inside a massive tent, which is visible overhead. According to Willard, "the machine was called the Golden Flyer and was built for the Aeronautical Society of New York City by Glenn Curtiss. It was the first Curtiss airplane made. It was ordered by the Society to educate the public to air flight and the first to make public flights in the U.S. Also was first commercial plane purchased in U.S.". Photoprint reads: "Mr. Willard came into the office the early part of January 1960 -- the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the first air meet in the United States --1910 at Dominguez Field, near Long Beach".
Subject	Willard, Charles; Dominguez Air Meet
Subject (adlf)	airport features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Air -- People and planes
Subject (lcsh)	Aeronautics Airplanes Air pilots
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1910
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1910
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	11693
Call number	CHS-11693
Microfiche number	1-103-; 1-90-719
Legacy record ID	chs-m13360; USC-1-1-1-13513
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-11693
Archival file	chs_Volume82/CHS-11693.tiff

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