Man and a small child sitting in an early experimental plane, ca.1900

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Photograph of a man and a small child sitting in an experimental plane, ca.1900. To the left, a man and a small child are seen sitting in a crudely made plane on a grassy field. The man is seen wearing formal attire and a small round hat. To his right, the young boy is seen wearing a darkly-colored cloak and a small cap. The man is seen gripping a small, round wheel that extends into the frame of the plane below. Next to the boy, a small wheel and bell are also visible. Above the man, the flat, rectangular wings of the plane are clearly visible. Also, a thin plane perpendicular to the wings is seen above the wings. Behind the wings, a part of a single propeller is visible. Below the man and child, four thin tires are seen balancing the plane's crude frame. In the extreme background, additional people and a building are barely visible. Description on back of the photoprint reads: "Ed Davenport and father. 1467 Hehner St (?) Eagle Rock".

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Title Man and a small child sitting in an early experimental plane, ca.1900

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Air pilots (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Davenport, Ed (subject), Transportation -- Air -- People and planes (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Kansas (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1900

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13376

Identifier 11820 (accession number), CHS-11820 (call number), CHS-11820 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12871 (legacy record id), chs-m13376 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13530 (legacy record id), 1-103-24 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12871

Unique identifier UC135042

Legacy Identifier CHS-11820.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
51.6 cm × 40.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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