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Two Curtiss Oriole airplanes at an aviation meet
Two Curtiss Oriole airplanes at an aviation meet
TitleTwo Curtiss Oriole airplanes at an aviation meet
DescriptionSix people pose by two Curtiss Oriole airplanes at an aviation meet in Houston. The airplane in the background is painted with the name S.E.J. Cox. The first commercial airline to enter Houston was started by S.E.J. Cox in 1919. His Southern Aircraft company flew a Curtiss Jenny and two Curtiss Orioles. The following information was provided by a family member. The three people (on the right) by the wing are (right to left) Seymour Ernest J. Cox, Sr., his wife, Edith Nell Mc Donald Cox and their son, Seymour Ernest J. Cox, Jr.. Photo was taken in 1919.
Dateca. 1919
Genreblack-and-white photographs
copy prints
Subject.Topical (AAT)aviation
biplanes
group portraits
Subject (Geographic)Houston, Texas
Original CollectionGeorge Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection, 1836-2001 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 1970-001, Box 11, Folder 240
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File namefur354-cc.tif
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