[Crowd with Elinor Smith's Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft]

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Identifier2011-00-00-17_image_005SourceThe Elizabeth S. Keast Photograph Collection (2011-00-00-17), Folder 1DescriptionPhotograph of a crowd with Elinor Smith's Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, March 27, 1931. The verso caption notes that the photo was taken after the aircraft was damaged during Smith's attempt at the women's altitude record.

Typed caption on verso: "Bellanca monoplane after being cracked up by Miss Elinor Smith, while attempting to break womens altitude record, March 27, 1931, near Mitchel Field, L. I., N. Y."Creation Date1931-03-27SubjectBellanca Skyrocket CH-400 (Pacemaker 400)Smith, Elinor, 1911-2010Mitchel Field (N.Y.)Women air pilotsPlaceNew York (N.Y.)New York (State)United StatesExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 5 x 4 inLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Elizabeth S. Keast Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsCopyright undetermined

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