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Airplane at Battle Creek on a baseball field, 1912

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1912 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-019-016-001 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/10994
dc.description Postcard showing early aviator Hillary Beachey and his airplane at Battle Creek, 1912. He crashed this plane at Battle Creek on August 4, 1912 and was badly hurt, but survived. Caption on front: The Start Beachy at Battle Creek Written on front: 1912 Written on back: Hello Rutha: Here is a couple pictures of an aeroplane that flew here last Sunday and after being up a short time the engine broke and he hit a fence and barn. L. J. Sent to: Miss Rutha Goodrich Pierceton Ind. R.F.D. No. Sent on: August 8, 1912 en_US
dc.format.medium b&w postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Beachey, Hillary. en_US
dc.subject Airplanes en_US
dc.subject President Taft, Airplanes, Parades en_US
dc.title Airplane at Battle Creek on a baseball field, 1912 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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