H12500
Photograph H12500 Period 1910-1919MASCOT, NSW. THE AVIATORS SIR KEITH AND SIR ROSS MACPHERSON SMITH WITH CAPTAIN FRANK HURLEY (LEFT) IN THE COCKPIT OF SIR ROSS MACPHERSON SMITH'S VICKERS VIMY AIRCRAFT ON THE AIRFIELD AT MASCOT, NSW.
P00438.003 Accession Number: P00438.003
Description
1919-1920. SIRS KEITH AND ROSS MACPHERSON SMITH AND THEIR VICKERS VIMY AIRCRAFT DURING THEIR FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS PROBABLY TAKEN AT CHARLEVILLE WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEING FRANK HURLEY. HURLEY JOINED THE CREW FOR THE LEG FROM CHARLEVILLE TO SYDNEY. (ORIGINAL HALF PLATE GLASS NEGATIVE HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)
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P00438.003
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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