Photograph
Vilas Flying Boat
| The Curtiss flying boat in which Jack Vilas made the first flight across Lake Michigan. Vilas, a Chicago businessman, was greeted by a crowd of aerial enthusiasts. His achievement was not only the first flight over the lake, but it was also the longest flight to date over water — even longer than Bleriot's crossing of the English Channel. In 1915 Vilas used the same airplane under contract with the state of Wisconsin to spot forest fires. |
| Image ID: | 10492 |
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| Creation Date: | 07 01 1913 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Chicago |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, b/w copy |
| Original Format Number: | (X32)3303 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7 inches |
| Crowds |
| Outdoor photography |
| Airplanes |
| Michigan, Lake |
| Shorelines |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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