Attempt to recover McCurdy's plane

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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