Naming "America" (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

 

Naming "America"

 

[1914 June 22]

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.

Photograph shows the christening and launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York. Aviator John Cyril Porte is using a sledgehammer to smash the champagne bottle as Katherine Masson and builder Glenn Curtiss (standing behind Masson) look on. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, Cecil R. Roseberry, 1991)

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Format: Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16452

 

Call Number: LC-B2- 3130-15

 

 

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