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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: The airplane invented by Carl S. Bates on the beach at Daytona Beach, Florida. Coverage of this event by a local newspaper noted that the advantages of Bat...
Photograph

Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: 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 chall...
Postcard

Cliffs of Dover Postcard

Date: 1908
Description: Front and back of a postcard sent from Agnes to William (Bill) Quinney. The front features a print of the Cliffs of Dover in pastel tones while, on the ba...
Drawing

Vacation Party on Seashore Cliff Stairwalk

Date: 1900
Description: View of a vacation party on a cliff stairway overlooking a seashore. Several men and women in formal dress walk down the stairway. Heavily retouched image.
Photograph

Family Standing Next to a Crane in Costa Rica

Date: 1902
Description: Two men and three women posing next to a crane on a railroad track along the coast of Costa Rica. Coconut palms are behind them along the Caribbean Sea. Th...
Photograph

City of Port Limon, Costa Rica

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of the city of Port Limon, Costa Rica with the Caribbean Sea in the background. Trees grow amongst the many commercial and residential buildi...
Photograph

The Recreations of Uncle Wallace

Date: 1902
Description: Wallace Donelson Rumsey, the photographer's younger brother, is doing a back flip dive off a raft into Archibald Lake. He was named after Civil War General...

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