Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Aviator Lincoln Beachey Sitting in an Airplane -- September 3, 2008


Lincoln Beachey was an early stunt flier. He was the featured performer at San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, where he died on 14-March-1915.

The photo comes from the Library of Congress' wonderful American Memory site (http://memory.loc.gov/). DN-0062741, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

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