Photograph
Iowa's First Flyer
Carl S. Bates, a young inventor from Clear Lake, Iowa, about to race the Buick owned by Louis Strang on the beach at Daytona Beach. Bates originally challenged Curtiss and the Wright Brothers to an airplane race in Florida. When that failed, he settled for an automobile race. The automobile won. Automobile-airplane races soon became standard fare at pre-World War I air shows. |
Image ID: | 11766 |
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Creation Date: | circa 03 1909 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
City: | Daytona Beach |
County: | |
State: | Florida |
Collection Name: | Carl S. Bates papers and photographs, circa 1904-1956 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 2660 |
Original Dimensions: | 6.5 x 3.5 inches |
Use of the work "airship" to describe Bates' plane demonstrates that this event took place so early in the history of aviation that the terminology was not yet settled. Eventually the word "airship" was properly applied only to dirigibles. |
Clothing and dress |
Protective clothing |
Men |
Outdoor photography |
Airplane racing |
Automobile racing |
Airplanes |
Automobiles |
Seashore |
Air pilots |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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