[People with Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft]

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Identifier2011-00-00-17_image_016SourceThe Elizabeth S. Keast Photograph Collection (2011-00-00-17), Folder 1CreatorBenner, H.M.DescriptionPhotograph of people with the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft on the iced-over Keuka Lake, New York, circa March 1908.

Caption on verso: "Red Wing. The first aeroplane to make a public flight in America, on March 17, 1908, when it flew 319 feet from the ice on Lake Keuka, N. Y., F. W. Balwin, aviator. Aeroplane was wrecked."

Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."Creation Datecirca 1908-03SubjectAerial Experiment AssociationAerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 1 Red WingKeuka Lake (N.Y.)PlaceHammondsport (N.Y.)New York (State)United StatesExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 16 x 12 cmLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Elizabeth S. Keast Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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