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Record No: 119

Image Name: 201.jpg

Title	Airplane in air
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Subject [LCSH]	Airplanes; Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation
Subject [Local]
Browse Topic	Transportation & Communication
Description	Curtis bi-wing pusher type airplane in flight around 1912. Probably giving rides. A view of the town in background leads us to believe that this photo was taken South of Arthur looking slightly Northeast. Water tower and elevators seem to be in proper location for Arthur. This was at first thought to be a Wright Brothers plane, due to a newspaper item that they were giving rides in Decatur, Illinois. Contact with the Wright Brothers Museum for verification lead to the identification of the plane as a Curtis aircraft. The planes were quite similar in appearance.
Date Original	circa 1912
Date	1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915
Time Period	1910s (1910-1919)
Rights	Materials in this collection are made available by the Arthur Public Library. To order reproductions, or inquire about permissions, contact: Arthur Public Library District, 225 South Walnut, Arthur, IL 61911, (217) 543-2037. Please cite the item title and collection name.
Format	Photograph
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Geographic Coverage	United States--Illinois--Moultrie County--Arthur
Contributing Institution	Arthur Public Library
Date Digital	2004-04-28
Identifier	Neg. No. 5049.1 [local identifier]
Type	Image
Digital Format	JPEG
Digitzation Specifications	320dpi, Grayscale, tif, Epson Expression 836XL, Silverfast 4.2.1
Collection Name	Arthur, Once Upon a Time - Local History Images of Arthur
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CONTENTdm file name	201.jpg
Date created	2006-01-24
Date modified	2017-06-06
OCLC number	821712881
CONTENTdm number	119
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