[John A. McCurdy seated at controls of Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet II kite]

Photograph of John A. McCurdy seated at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet II kite, Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, circa February 1909.

Caption on verso: "Cygnet No. 2. A tetrahedral kite, designed by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, built at Baddeck, Novia Scotia [sic], and contains 3960 tetrahedral cells, covered with red silk and driven with the same motor as the Silver Dart. J. A. D. McCurdy, aviator, February 22, 1909."

Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."