Ezra Meeker at Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, 1910 [postcard]

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Title

Ezra Meeker at Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, 1910 [postcard]

Description

Postcard of Ezra Meeker (in covered wagon) and others at the Los Angeles International Air Meet, California, January 1910. In addition to Meeker and the wagon, the scene also features two men on horseback, an aircraft piloted by Louis Paulhan, and a crowd in the grandstand.

Caption: "Ezra Meeker at Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, 1910."

Text from original exhibit label: "A postcard of Ezra Meeker, famous Washington State pioneer, at the Air Meet in Los Angeles. His oxen-pulled wagon was highlighted as a contrast to the more modern modes of transportation balloons and airplanes."

Date

1910-01

Extent

1 postcard : black and white ; 14 x 9 cm

Format

Bibliographic Citation

The Founders of American Aerospace Exhibit Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

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