United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Hatcher1911-10-19A photograph of the wreckage of Eugene Ely's plane at the Georgia State Fair, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, 1911. Eugene Ely was a pilot performing at the Central City Park fairgrounds in a Curtiss bi-plane. He was a member of the Curtiss Exhibition Team founded by Glenn Hammond Curtiss. On October 19, 1911, he crashed his plane during an exhibition and was pronounced dead on site. Ely was an important figure in the history of aviation. He was the first pilot to take off from a ship (the USS Birmingham), and the first to land on a ship (the USS Pennsylvania). "Photo by Hatcher," "Macon," and "Ely's Wrecked Aeroplane" are written on the photograph.A project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Middle Georgia Archives as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Photograph held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Georgia State Fair Records, 1906-, box 12, folder , photograph "Wreck: 1911, Wreckage of Eugene Ely's Plane in Central City Park during State Fair," neg: 012-06A.Georgia State FairAgricultural exhibitions--Georgia--MaconMen--Georgia--MaconWomen--Georgia--MaconClothing and dress--Georgia--MaconMen's clothing--Georgia--MaconWomen's clothing--Georgia--MaconAirplanes--Georgia--MaconAircraft accidents--Georgia--MaconEly, EugeneCurtiss aircraft--Georgia--MaconCurtiss-Wright CorporationAir pilots--Georgia--MaconPhotograph of the wreckage of Eugene Ely's plane at the Georgia State Fair, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, 1911 October 19Wreck: 1911, wreckage of Eugene Ely's plane in Central City Park during state fairStillImage