Description Photograph of aviator Philip Orin Parmelee flying a Wright biplane at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. The wood and canvas plane is airborne at center and is silhouetted against a cloudy sky. It has twin wings and vertical tails, and is a pusher design. A crowd of people is gathered on the ground at left, and several are in early model automobiles while at least one is on horseback.

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Dominguez Air Meet of 1912 (corporate name), Parmelee, Philip Orin (personal name), Transportation -- Air -- Aviation Meets -- Dominguez Air Show -- #2 (1912) (file heading)

Coverage Spatial California (states), Dominguez Hills (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1912

Inherited Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Dominguez Air Meet of 1912 (corporate name), Parmelee, Philip Orin (personal name), Transportation -- Air -- Aviation Meets -- Dominguez Air Show -- #2 (1912) (file heading)

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.

Date Created 1912

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegatives, transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

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.

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