Mr. and Mrs. St. Croix Johnstone at Detroit aviation meet
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Description
View of Mr. and Mrs. St. Croix Johnstone posing for photograph at Detroit aviation meet. Group of men and women stand in background. Handwritten on back: "Aircraft competitions--Detroit aviation meet, 1911." Label on file: "This event took place between June 29 and July 4, 1911. The competition was populated by the Moisant Aviators, a traveling aviation show, with prizes reported to be in the area of $25,000. Photos indicate that only two airplanes were in action, a Curtis and a Bleriot. The Bleriot crashed."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na003160
- Subject:
- Air pilots
- Married people
- Air shows--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1911
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Aircraft competitions--Detroit aviation meet, 1911 #3
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.