[Cygnet I kite on boat]

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite, manned by Thomas E. Selfridge, aboard the catamaran Ugly Duckling as it is towed into launch position by the steamship Blue Hill, Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. The captions note that the image was taken from the Blue Hill by J. G. Davidson.

Inscription: "Kite Cygnet I, with Lieut. Selfridge on board, on her tender the Ugly Duckling, being towed into position for an ascension Dec. 6, 1907 on Little Bras d'Or Lake, near Baddeck Nova Scotia. Photo taken from steamer Blue Hill by Mr. J. G. Davidson."

Caption from bulletin: "7. The kite Cygnet I, on board her tender 'The Ugly Duckling', being towed into position on the Little Bras d'Or by the steamer Blue Hill, Dec. 6, 1907. Photograph taken from the Steamer Blue Hill by Mr. J. G. Davidson."

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.