Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Wittemann airplane] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1908 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Modern B&W copy photo. View of a man seated in an early airplane at the Wittemann airplane manufacturing company of Staten Island. The plane has fabric wings, an open body constructed of metal bars, and 3 wheels; the man has his feet on pedals or footrests and his hands on a steering wheel. There are two buildings at left. The plane is on a lawn with trees behind it. Typed inscription on the reverse of the photo: "A 1908 airplane ready for test, showing one end of the estate barn in background. At this end of the / barn there were 4 stalls for horses and 2 stalls for cows. / C. & A. Wittemann, Aeronautical Engineers, 17-19 Ocean Terrace and Little Clove Road, Staten Island, N.Y." (Keywords: Aviation, New York City, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
8 x 10 |
Acquisition |
Collection of the Staten Island Historical Society |
Earliest Date |
1908 |
Latest Date |
1908 |
Subjects |
Airplanes Transportation |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Wittemann, Charles R. |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0059 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, July 2020. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |