Aeronautics; Aircraft; Scripps Plane. -Wm. Scripps driving & John Dodge passenger. -Curtiss flying boat at Windmill Pointe.

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Description:

William Scripps and John (Duval?) Dodge appear to be landing their biplane on Lake St. Clair near Windmill Point. "William E. Scripps, son of Detroit News founder James E. Scripps, sits at the controls of a Burgess and Curtis biplane in 1910, it was built under Wright patents and is a duplicate of the original Wright brothers plane, Scripps was an avid aviator and once flew a plane under the Belle Isle bridge," from Detroit News article, "Those daring Detroit Newsmen in their flying machines."

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1910-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan

Subject Topic:

Biplanes and Air pilots

Subject Name:

Scripps, William E. and (William Edmund)

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc35192