Specifications and Plans of the New Curtiss Aeroplane and Baldwin Machine, 1910

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Artifact Overview

This article, reprinted from the September 1910 issue of Aeronautics magazine, included plans for biplanes designed by early American aviators Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Baldwin. Work with Baldwin (who is better known as a pioneering balloonist and airship builder) sparked Curtiss's interest in aviation. Curtiss helped establish the American aircraft industry and is remembered as an architect of aviation infrastructure.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Article

Subject Date

1910

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1629.242

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)
Photomechanical processes

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 9.875 in
Width: 7.25 in

Specifications and Plans of the New Curtiss Aeroplane and Baldwin Machine, 1910