Postcard
Chicago Aviation Meet
| Souvenir postcard sent to Harriet O'Shea of Madison from an unidentified friend who attended the Chicago International Aviation Meet. The Chicago meet, which was held on the lake front at Grant Park, is considered the greatest American air meet prior to World War I. |
| Image ID: | 10932 |
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| Creation Date: | 08 11 1911 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Chicago |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Ephemera collection, circa 1850-circa 2000 |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2724-Transportation |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.5 x 5.5 inches |
| "There are 26 of these new kind of birds in the air. They make a terrific whirring in the air, worse than the speeders on Lake Mendota. They all have their mufflers off. One is up about 5000 ft now. The others are trying for speed. The monoplanes are the prettiest, though one of the Curtiss biplanes seems to be the speediest." |
| Attractions |
| Airplanes |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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