• Images from the 1923 “Wilbur Wright Cup” air race held at the San Fernando airfield. On the left, the President of Argentina Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear arrives at the event. In the middle, the crowd gathers at the airfield’s edge to watch the competitors take off. Leon stands triumphantly on the right after winning the race. El Hogar, December 10, 1923.

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Biblioteca Nacional de Mariano Moreno, Buenos Aires, AR.

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