Airplane landing in field at aviation exhibition, Michigan State Fairgrounds

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Description

View of airplane landing in field at aviation exhibition, Michigan State Fairgrounds. Handwritten on back: "Airplane racing--Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, Mi., 1910." Label on file: "Aviation racing, 1910. The first showing of an airplane in Detroit took place July 14, 1910. It was not a race it was simply a demonstration by Arch Hoxey [sic] in what appears to be an early model Wright airplane at the Detroit Fair Grounds."

Details

Resource ID:: na003221
Subject:: Airplanes; Air shows--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1910-07-14
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Airplane racing--Michigan State Fairgrounds, 1910
Negative Number:: Negative #C14,111
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.