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Thaw Aeroplane in Central Park 3616

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Photograph shows plane piloted by Alexander Blair Thaw with passenger John Kane, which had to make a landing in Central Park, New York City when it ran out of gas on the way to Governors Island. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

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