[Philip O. Parmalee flying Wright Model B over crowd]

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Title

[Philip O. Parmalee flying Wright Model B over crowd]

Description

Photograph of a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft, piloted by Philip O. Parmalee, in flight over a crowd at Simms Station, Ohio, November 7, 1910. This is credited as the first commercial transport flight, with Parmalee carrying bolts of silk from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio.

Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers photograph album, circa 1909-1930s. Album contains fifty (50) silver gelatin prints related to Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Date

1910-11-07

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Bibliographic Citation

The William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers Photograph Album/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2018-10-01-C_image_028_01