- Collection:
- Georgia State Fair, Macon, 1886-1960
- Title:
- Photograph of the wreckage of Eugene Ely's plane at the Georgia State Fair, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, 1911 October 19
- Date of Original:
- 1911-10-19
- Subject:
- Georgia State Fair
Agricultural exhibitions--Georgia--Macon
Men--Georgia--Macon
Women--Georgia--Macon
Airplanes--Georgia--Macon
Aircraft accidents--Georgia--Macon
Ely, Eugene
Curtiss aircraft--Georgia--Macon
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Air pilots--Georgia--Macon
Macon (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A 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). Smith Art Hall can be seen in the background.
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. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_gsfr_gsf146
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_gsfr_gsf146#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_gsfr_gsf146/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Georgia State Fair Records, 1906-, Middle Georgia Archives, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- 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: MT & N U-3474(H)
- Holding Institution:
- Washington Memorial Library, Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
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