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NH 44377 Aviators Eugene Ely and Hugh Robinson

Photo #: NH 44377 Aviators Eugene Ely and Hugh Robinson
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Title: Aviators Eugene Ely and Hugh Robinson
Description: Flying near a U.S. Navy armored cruiser in Elliott Bay, Washington, 1911. Photographed by Nowell & Rognon, Seattle, Washington. Probably taken on 20 July 1911, with Ely in the upper airplane and Robinson flying low in the floatplane. The cruiser is probably USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5), flagship of the Pacific Fleet. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 44377
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