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NH 77512 Aviator Eugene B. Ely

Photo #: NH 77512 Aviator Eugene B. Ely
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Title: Aviator Eugene B. Ely
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Description: Shaking hands with a lady, probably Mrs. Charles F. Pond, shortly after he landed his airplane on board USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), in San Francisco Bay, California, 18 January 1911. Captain Charles F. Pond, the ship's Commanding Officer, and Ely's wife, Mabel, are between the two. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77512
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