[Cygnet I kite and men on boat]

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite onboard its tender, the catamaran Ugly Duckling, at Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. Several men are on boat, including Thomas E. Selfridge (seated on frame).

Inscription: "Cygnet I, on board her tender the Ugly Duckling, December 1909. Lieut. Selfridge dressed in oil skin, can be seen setting [sitting] on the testing frame of the Ugly Duckling."

Caption from bulletin: "5. The kite Cygnet I, on board her tender 'The Ugly Duckling', Dec. 6, 1907. Lieut. Selfridge, dressed in oil-skin, can be seen sitting on the tilting-frame of the 'Ugly Duckling.'"

Photograph from a bulletin titled "Bulletins of the Aerial Experiment Association," a souvenir volume consisting of eight (8) pages of text and thirty-one (31) photographs illustrating the work of the Aerial Experiment Association, issued April 12, 1909.