| Title:
|
Thos. McGoey,
aviator [graphic]. |
| Imprint:
|
[1911] |
| Medium:
|
1 photographic
postcard : gelatin silver ; 9 x 14 cm. |
| Part
of: |
Erling
N. Rolfsrud Photograph Collection (Institute for Regional Studies,
NDSU, Fargo) |
| Description:
|
Close image
of McGoey seated at controls of airplane, taken from side, showing
also wings and engine behind him. |
| Biographical
Note: |
McGoey immigrated
from Ontario, Canada and settled at Grand Forks, N.D. in 1887. He
was the first North Dakota resident to pilot his own airplane, making
his successful flight on July 12, 1911. |
| Notes:
|
Title printed
on front of postcard. |
|
|
Photographer
unknown. |
|
|
"Thomas
McGoey at the controls of the plane he had built himself-Walter
A. Caniff, Grand Forks"--Typed note attached to back of postcard. |
|
|
"Arch Hoxey
was the first to fly over N.D. at the fair in 1910. He later flew
at the Minn. state fair. This is a photo of Tom ready to take off
at G. Fks. at the state fair, July 1911"--Handwritten on back of
postcard. |
| Time
Period: |
1910-1919. |
| Location:
|
Grand
Forks (N.D.) |
| Subjects:
|
Airplanes--North
Dakota--Grand Forks |
|
|
Air pilots--North
Dakota--Grand Forks |
|
|
Air
shows--North Dakota--Grand Forks |
| |
Aeronautics--North
Dakota--Grand Forks |
| |
McGoey, Thomas,
1877- |
| |
North Dakota
State Fair Association for Grand Forks |
| Record
No.: |
VM03-021798 |
| Call
No.: |
2057.13.1
|
| Videodisc
No.: |
Not on disc |
| |
|
| Credit
Line: |
Institute
for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2057.13.1) |
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