Photograph
World War I Flying Boat

This press photograph illustrates what was then the most recent development in the Curtiss Flying boats at the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station at Newport News. The caption that accompanied the photograph indicates that the Army planned to purchase hundreds of the airplanes as a deterent against U-boats in the Atlantic coastal waters. |
Image ID: | 35432 |
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Creation Date: | 05 1917 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
City: | Newport News |
County: | |
State: | Virginia |
Collection Name: | World War I news agency photographs, 1914-1918 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 2506 Folder 10D |
Original Dimensions: | 7.25x5 inches |
World War, 1914-1918 |
Airplanes |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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