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 Summary

This collection consists of 118 photographic prints copied from Thomas Foxworth. The images include the field, aircraft, aviators, and spectators at the Harvard Boston Aero Meet.

 Biographical / Historical

The Harvard Boston Aero Meet was held at the Harvard Aero Field in Atlantic (now Squantum), Massachusetts, September 3-13, 1910. This meet was the second air meet held in the country, and the first on the East Coast. The international contestants raced for money prizes, and the event attracted thousands of spectators, including President Taft. Among the nineteen aviators were: Glenn Curtiss, Charles Foster Willard, A.V. Roe, Claude Graham-White, Clifford Harmon, Walter Brookings, Arthur Johnson, M. Didier Masson, William Christmas, Greely Curtis, and Thomas Baldwin. Air meet competitors challenged each other in nine events: Speed, Altitude, Duration, Distance, Slow Lap, Getaway, Airway, Dropping Bombs on Battle ship, and the Boston Globe Special. Claude Graham-White, an Englishman, was the big winner, netting $22,000.

 Identifier

NASM.1992.0016

Creator

Foxworth, Thomas G.

Date

1910

Provenance

Thomas G. Foxworth, gift, 1991, 1992.0016, unknown

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 118 photographic prints copied from Thomas Foxworth. The images document the field, aircraft, aviators, and spectators at the Harvard Boston Aero Meet.

Arrangement note

This collection is arranged by the SI (Smithsonian Institution) negative number that was applied at the time of copying.

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Citation

Harvard Boston Aero Meet Photographs, acc. 1992.0016, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Aeronautics -- Exhibitions

Aeronautics -- Competitions

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Negatives