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Permanent Link:
http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/MM00002904/00001
Material Information
Title:
Attempt to recover McCurdy's plane
Creator:
May Hill Russell Library -- History Dept
Monroe County Public Library System
Donor:
Henderson, Warren
Publication Date:
1911
Physical Description:
1 photograph : sepia ; 3 x 4 in.
Subjects
Subjects / Keywords:
Aircraft accidents -- Photographs -- Cuba -- Havana
( lcsh )
Destroyers -- Photographs -- United States
( lcsh )
Air pilots -- Photographs -- Canada -- Nova Scotia
( lcsh )
Genre:
picture
( marcgt )
Notes
Scope and Content:
Canadian aviator and later politician John Alexander Douglas McCurdy's plane in the water alongside a Navy destroyer. McCurdy's planned flight ended less than one mile (0.8 km) short of target but is considered to be the first flight from Key West to Cuba. A group of people are on deck with a small boat alongside. Photo taken 30 January 1911. A gift Warren Henderson.
Original Location:
History Dept., May Hill Russell Library; 700 Fleming St., Key West, FL 33040.
Record Information
Source Institution:
Florida International University
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
000000721 ( ALEPH )
AAB2715^^QF^ ( NOTIS )
MM00002904
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