Glenn Curtiss and William B. Atwater, 1912
THF255673 / Glenn Curtiss and William B. Atwater, 1912
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Artifact Overview
Glenn Curtiss was photographed at the controls of an airplane with William B. Atwater (with goggles). Atwater and his wife, Lillian, went to Curtiss's San Diego training school to learn to fly. The couple purchased a Curtiss seaplane of their own. They treated their plane as a sort of aerial yacht and took pleasure flights together over San Diego Bay.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1912
Subject Date
1912
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.16
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
typed sheet of paper center bottom of image:
116168 / Glenn H. Curtiss teaching on of his pupils, Lieut. [sic]/ Atwater (left) how to fly a plane on the Pacific / Coast in the early part of 1912. / [...] ACME
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