Title: Panoramic photograph of the International Aviation Meet, Grant Park, Chicago, August 1911, Souvenir postcard Author: Place: Chicago Publisher: Max Rigot Date: 1911 Description: Three panels of 8 x 7.5” each, unfolding to 7.5 x 23”. One aviator at the meet – Californian Lincoln Beachey, dubbed “The Man Who Owns The Sky”, set a world altitude record; two others died in accidents, one crashing into Lake Michigan when his engine failed. Lot Amendments Condition: Archival tape repair to one lower corner Item number: 247800
Title: Panoramic photograph of the International Aviation Meet, Grant Park, Chicago, August 1911, Souvenir postcard Author: Place: Chicago Publisher: Max Rigot Date: 1911 Description: Three panels of 8 x 7.5” each, unfolding to 7.5 x 23”. One aviator at the meet – Californian Lincoln Beachey, dubbed “The Man Who Owns The Sky”, set a world altitude record; two others died in accidents, one crashing into Lake Michigan when his engine failed. Lot Amendments Condition: Archival tape repair to one lower corner Item number: 247800
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