Photograph of a man leaning on a Curtiss flying boat bi-plane

Object detail

Accession number

06/097/002

Maker

Unidentified

Description

Man leaning back with both elbows on the plane. Man is wearing flying helmet, with goggles, leather jacket, shorts and bare feet. Pine trees in the background

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 p. ; b. & w. ; 6 x 9 cm.

Collection

Paton-Wolfenden Collection

Credit Line

Unidentified. Circa 1917. Photograph of a man leaning on a Curtiss flying boat bi-plane, 06/097/002. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Auckland
New Zealand

Current rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

New Zealand Flying School History New Zealand Aviation History New Zealand Aeronautics New Zealand Aviators Curtiss aircraft

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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