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2022.115 Photograph of the First Flight from an Aircraft Carrier 0.1 Linear Feet Box Manuscripts Oversize Box 17

A photograph of the first flight from an aircraft carrier. The image shows two large ships. One is in the background, and part of another is visible in the foreground. A small aircraft Curtis Model D (also called the Curtis Pusher) is midair over the water just off the deck of the USS Birmingham, the ship in the foreground. The pilot was Eugene Burton Ely (1886-1911). This photograph is mounted on a piece of cardboard. The orginial negative credited to Harry C. Mann is held at the Library of Virginia.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Manuscripts Photograph Collection
  3. Oversize Folder 1

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