[Cygnet I in flight]

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite, manned by Thomas E. Selfridge, in flight over Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. The kite is being towed by the steamship Blue Hill (not pictured). 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, flying over the Little Bras d'Or Lake, near Baddeck, Nova Scotia Dec. 6, 1907. Photo taken from the steamer Blue Hill by Mr. J. G. Davidson."

Caption from bulletin: "8. The kite Cygnet I, carrying Lieut. Selfridge in the man-hole, flying at an elevation of 168 feet over the Little Bras d'Or Lake, near Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Dec. 6, 1907, towed by the steamer Blue Hill. 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.