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First airplane pilot from Houston
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| Title | First airplane pilot from Houston |
| Description | L. L. Walker, hidden by a wing, sits at the controls of a Bleriot type airplane of his own design. Seven unidentified men stand around the plane. This photograph was taken at the start of Walker's attempt to fly to Galveston late in 1910. Walker only reached La Marque, Texas on that trip. He was the first Houstonian to fly an airplane. |
| Date | 1910 |
| Genre | black-and-white photographs
copy prints
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| Subject (Name) | Walker, L.L.
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| Subject.Topical (AAT) | aviation
airplanes
pilots
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| Subject (Geographic) | Houston, Texas
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| Original Collection | George Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection, 1836-2001 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Original Item Location | ID 1970-001, Box 11, Folder 236 |
| Use and Reproduction | This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please use the citation provided by the citation button above. To order a higher resolution reproduction click Request High Res above. |
| File name | fur350-cc.tif
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| Digital Collection | reformatted digital |
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