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 Summary

An International Aviation Meet was held under the auspices of the Aero Club of Illinois and the International Aviation Meet Association at Grant Park, Chicago from August 12-20, 1911. This collection consists of the Official Souvenir Program for the event.

 Biographical / Historical

An International Aviation Meet was held under the auspices of the Aero Club of Illinois and the International Aviation Meet Association at Grant Park, Chicago from August 12-20, 1911. Pilots participating in the meet included Earle L. "Ovie" Ovington; Howard W. Gill; Calbraith Perry Rodgers; Lincoln Beachey; Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith; Rene Simon; Oscar Allen Brindley; George W. Beatty; Arthur L. "Al" Welsh; John A. D. McCurdy; Thomas S. Baldwin; Rene Barrier; Paul W. Beck; Walter R. Brookins; Leonard Warden Bonney; Frank T. Coffyn; Andrew Drew; James C. "Bud" Mars; James Vernon Martin; George Mestach; Phillip Orin Parmelee; Hugh Armstrong Robinson; Arthur Burr Stone; James Clifford Turpin; James J. "Jimmie" Ward; Charles Forster Willard; Eugene B. Ely; and William R. Badger and St. Croix Johnstone (both of whom were killed in accidents at the meet). Records were set during the course of the meet by Beachey, Beatty, Sopwith, Parmelee, and Smith.

 Identifier

NASM.2017.0023

Creator

McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949

Date

1911

Provenance

Dolores Johnson, Gift, 2017, NASM.2017.0023

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the Official Souvenir Program for the International Aviation Meet held at Grant Park, Chicago, from August 12-20, 1911. The program measures 9 x 12 inches, and the cover features an illustration by artist John Tinney McCutcheon which includes an allegorical figure of the god Mercury surrounded by stylized airplanes.

Arrangement note

Collection is in original order.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Citation

International Aviation Meet, Grant Park, Chicago Souvenir Program [Johnson], NASM.2017.0023, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics -- Exhibitions

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Souvenir programs