Atlantic Beach scene with aviation glider and Hotel Contienental Hotel, 1906.

Photograph

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Jacksonville History Center

Aviation glider and Hotel Conteniental pier, 1906.

Aviation glider and Hotel Conteniental pier, 1906.

Name/Title

Atlantic Beach scene with aviation glider and Hotel Contienental Hotel, 1906.

Entry/Object ID

2017.051.004

Description

Beach seen in April 1906. Visible is a box-like glider to the middle left, much like the one flown by Charles Hamilton and Israel Ludlow. The Hotel Contiental pier and cars are the background. The automobile races at Atlantic Beach in April 1906, promoted interest in automobiles in general and promoted the completion of a hard road to the beach (would eventually be completed in 1910). The automobile races at Atlantic Beach in April 1906, promoted interest in automobiles in general and promoted the completion of a hard road to the beach (would eventually be completed in 1910). On April 12, 1906 at Atlantic Beach, Florida, The Hon. Ben L. Jones, of Macon, GA., was elected president of the Southern Motor Federation, an organization created to build good roads throughout the South and to bring about the construction of a great trunk line road from Richmond, VA., to Jacksonville. The meeting was held at the Hotel Continental, Thursday morning, all all prominent motorist in Florida joined in the movement. On April 14, 1906, Promoter William J. Morgan and Charles A. Clark, President of the Jacksonville Automobile and Motor Boat Club held a race day at Pablo Beach in Jacksonville, Florida. Also in April 1906, Charles K. Hamilton and Professor Israel Ludlow both attempted flight at Pablo-Atlantic Beach. Hamilton arrived with his bamboo and silf biplane, a tow-glider (a glider with a towline tied to an automobile) and attained a height of 250 feet. Hamilton was the first aviator to use Pablo Beach as a take off point. Ludlow arrived from New York a few days later with his "strange-multi winged tow-glider which looked like a box kite." On April 16, 1906, Ludlow flew 150 feet before he crashed, sustaining injuries that paralyzed him from the waste down for life. William J. Morgan stated that "the flight of Ludlow was not a part of the official program".

Collection

Jacksonville Beach Image Collection

Made/Created

Studio

New York, NY

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Beaches, Cars, Vehicles, Automobiles, Race cars, Races, Piers & wharves, Hotels