File:John Cyril Porte and the Wanamaker seaplane.jpg

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English: In the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company factory with the second prototype designed under Porte's supervision.[1][2][3] appearing in The Sun 18 June 1914, "The lastest photographs of the Wanamaker seaplane. Lieut. Porte standing by the machine."
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Original publication: New York Sun

Immediate source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621409531/in/photostream/
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H. M. Benner

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English: Notes: Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.

Photograph shows aviator John Cyril Porte with the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" which was launched on June 22, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, Cecil R. Roseberry, 1991)

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16394

Call Number: LC-B2- 3119-12


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  1. Roseberry, Cecil R. (1972) Glen Curtiss, Pioneer of Flight, Syracuse University Press, p. 403, 405 ISBN: 0815602642.
  2. Notice of Death. Flight. 30 October 1919
  3. The Admiralty Contracts Case. Flight. 22 November 1917

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