Louis Bleriot with His Damaged Flying Machine after Crossing the English Channel, 1909
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
July 1909
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.B.35442
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
text within image:
THIS FLYING MACHINE HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY DAMAGED, but Louis Bleriot is a happy man. He has just completed the first heavier-than-air flight across the English Channel when this picture was made in 1909. Madame Bleriot is on hand to greet him, as well as a host of spectators. His plane landed on a Dover hillside and was smashed up a bit, but Bleriot won the money prize and international attention.
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