Monoplane and crowd, Tanforan Racetrack, San Bruno, 1911

Item Overview

Title

Monoplane and crowd, Tanforan Racetrack, San Bruno, 1911

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

January, 1911

Date

1911-01

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Monoplane in air above crowd, with mountains in background

Caption

Handwritten at edge of negative: 2034
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: [Handwritten:] 2033 - [Typewritten:] Early airplanes [Handwritten:] Plane in air, Crowd watching, Plane in air. [Typewritten:] Tanforan, San Francisco. [Stamped:] Photo by Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. [Typewritten:] Photographed 1910 by Adelbert Bartlett. Exclusive unpublished photographs of one of first important Pacific Coast airplane meet, Tanforan field, San Francisco, January 1911, with Lincoln Beachy and other pilots flying. At this meet were brought out many queer planes. The majority made only short flights even if they managed to get off ground; many were wrecked. [Handwritten:] Just 21 years ago. 12 each 6x8. 14 6x8. [Handwritten, struck out: 260R1694, 261R1694] [Some text torn: possibly 2034, 2035, 2036]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Tanforan Racetrack (San Bruno, Calif.)

Location

California--San Bruno

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
Air shows--California--San Bruno
Transportation
Monoplanes