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Naval aviator sets new speed mark to win Curtiss Marine Trophy., Lt. W.G. Tomlinson, right, roaring over a 100 mile course on the Potomac River, in his tiny Navy fighting plane, won the Curtiss Marine Trophy race today and broke the record for service seaplanes by a wide margin. His record speed of 175 miles per hour for the annual classic eclipsed the mark of the late Major C.A. Lutz of the Marine Corps. of 154 which won last year's race. The Secretary of the Navy, Adams is shown on his right
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Widow of noted flyer receive medal. 12/13/30, Mrs. Florence Shaw Page receives the Distinguished Flying Cross awarded posthumously to the late Capt. Arthur H. Page, U.S. Marines, for this "pioneering" scientific [...] and successful accomplishment in the art of blind flying." The particular flight for which he received the medal was from Omaha to Anacostia, D.C., the distance of 1,000 miles having been made by flying blind the entire distance in one day. Capt. Page was also noted for having won the Curtiss Marine Trophy Race last spring, flying the 100-mile course at an average of 164 miles an hour. He died from injuries received when his plane crashed during the Thompson Trophy Race at Chicago last September. In the photograph, left to right: Maj. General Ben H. Fuller, Commandant of the Marine Corps.; Mrs. Page and Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Orville Wright congratulates Marine Corps flyer on winning Curtiss Marines Trophy. Orville Wright (left), pioneer airman, congratulating Maj. C.A. Lutz, United States Marine Corps flyer, who won the Curtiss Marine Trophy in Washington today. Maj. Lutz averaged 157 miles an hour
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President Coolidge presents flying trophy to U.S. Navy Aviator, President Coolidge presenting the Herbert Schiff Trophy to Lieut. Arthur Gavin, United States Navy at the White House today. The trophy is awarded to naval aviator attaining the greater number in the air without accident during the fiscal ... goes to Lieut. Gavin this year because of his ... 865 flying hours, which exceeds two previous ... 282 and 26 hours, respectively. On the right, Secretary of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur
President Coolidge presents Herbert Schiff trophy to crack Navy Flyer. For performing the feat of keeping his plane in the air for 1251 hours without an accident of any kind during the last year Lieut. James E. Dyer, crack U.S. Navy flyer, was presented with the Herbert Schiff Trophy by President Coolidge at the White House today. The Trophy is awarded annually to a Navy pilot on the merit of year round performance in line of duty. William Schiff, brother of the Naval Reserve aviator in memory of whom the cup is given, is shown on extreme left
President Coolidge presents Herbert Schiff trophy to crack Navy Flyer. For performing the feat of keeping his plane in the air for 1251 hours without an accident of any kind during the last year Lieut. James E. Dyer, crack U.S. Navy flyer, was presented with the Herbert Schiff Trophy by President Coolidge at the White House today. The Trophy is awarded annually to a Navy pilot on the merit of year round performance in line of duty. William Schiff, brother of the Naval Reserve aviator in memory of whom the cup is given, is shown on extreme left
President Coolidge presents flying trophy to U.S. Navy Aviator, President Coolidge presenting the Herbert Schiff Trophy to Lieut. Arthur Gavin, United States Navy at the White House today. The trophy is awarded to naval aviator attaining the greater number in the air without accident during the fiscal [...] goes to Lieut. Gavin this year because of his [...] 865 flying hours, which exceeds two previous [...] 282 and 26 hours, respectively. On the right, Secretary of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur
Navy's flying flagship. Washington, D.C., June 8. Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, completing his tour of duty as chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics, has a new Flying Flagship as he prepares to take over his new command as Commander Aircraft Base Force at San Diego. While other admirals have floating flagship from which to direct maneuvers, Rear Admiral King will take to the air to direct his forces, 6/8/36
Naval aviator sets new speed mark to win Curtiss Marine Trophy., Lt. W.G. Tomlinson, right, roaring over a 100 mile course on the Potomac River, in his tiny Navy fighting plane, won the Curtiss Marine Trophy race today and broke the record for service seaplanes by a wide margin. His record speed of 175 miles per hour for the annual classic eclipsed the mark of the late Major C.A. Lutz of the Marine Corps. of 154 which won last year's race. The Secretary of the Navy, Adams is shown on his right
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A black and white photo of a group of people, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
Date (year) based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch seven.
The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was created on January 13, 1916, from the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York and Curtiss Motor Company of Bath, New York. With the onset of World War I, military orders rose sharply, and the company moved its headquarters and most manufacturing activities to Buffalo, New York, where there was far greater access to transportation, manpower, manufacturing expertise, and much-needed capital. In 1917, the two major aircraft patent holders, the Wright Company and the Curtiss Company had effectively blocked the building of new airplanes, which were desperately needed as the United States was entering World War I. The U.S. government, as a result of a recommendation of a committee formed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, pressured the industry to form a cross-licensing organization (in other terms a Patent pool), the Manufacturer's Aircraft Association. Curtiss was instrumental in the development of U.S. Naval Aviation by providing training for pilots and providing aircraft. The Company worked with the United States' British and Canadian allies. By the end of World War I, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company would claim to be the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, employing 18,000 in Buffalo and 3,000 in Hammondsport, New York. Curtiss produced 10,000 aircraft during that war, and more than 100 in a single week.
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)