Name/Title
Photo of reportedly the first airplane to take off from Bay Farm Island, 1920Entry/Object ID
1998.376.1Description
Acc. No. 98.376.1 a, b
Subject Category: Aviation
Date or Period: 1920
Object: Photograph
Description: Two photographs: #a - glossy black/white photo mounted on cardboard; photographer unknown; much marginal damage from tearing, creasing rubbing, chipping and spotting. #b - modern black/white photocopy of #a, unmounted.
Size: L-11 x W-14 in.
History of Object: Photographs of the reputably first airplane to fly off Bay Farm Island from a runway that is now presently the Alameda Golf Course. Pilot Lehi Torrey is seated on a wing of the plane pointing out characteristics of the aircraft to an unidentified young woman. A great deal of technical information about the plane is hand printed on the verso of image #a.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 11/7/98
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
