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NH 77521 Aviator Eugene B. Ely

Photo #: NH 77521 Aviator Eugene B. Ely
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Title: Aviator Eugene B. Ely
Description: Standing by his Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), after he landed on board while the ship was at anchor in San Francisco Bay, California, 18 January 1911. Note the bulged area in the rubber inner tubes he used as a life preserver. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77521
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