September 27, 2011

Collection Name: Other

Collection Number: 208

Post Type: Photo/s

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Artist or Author: unknown,

Creation Year: 1910

Height: 4 inches

Width: 6 inches

Summay:

Newspaper photograph of a train of Samuel Perkins kites lifting a man and flying at the Harvard Air show of 1910. Man being lifted is probably Perkins.

Geographic: United States

Kite Type: Flat

Materials: Cotton

Significance: Historical

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