Image
Tractor plane
Description:
Early tractor airplane (pulled through air by propeller) on lawn at Maximotor factory. Billboards behind plane. Written on side of plane: "Verville Perry." Written on tail: "Detroit, USA." Written on side of building: "1526 Maximotor 1546." Handwritten on mat back: "My first active interest in aviaton, September 1914. Worked after school hours at Maximotor works for nothing. Picture should an experimental tractor that Max Dingfielder [sic - s/b Dingfelder] let us build. There, also, the front of the Maximotor plant on Jefferson Ave. From the Corwin Van Husan scrapbook."
Details
Resource ID:
DPA1771
Date Issued:
1914-09
Format:
1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 8 x 10 in.
Filing Location:
D/Airplanes
Note (Content):
Another view of same plane and place in DPA1772
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.