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	Hoxsey flying at the Grand Forks Fair, 1910 Title Hoxsey flying at the Grand Forks Fair, 1910 Date of Original 1910-07-20 Description Airplane in flight over fairgrounds with several fair buildings in background. Ordering Information Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services General Subject Transportation Social Life & Customs Subject (LCTGM) Airplanes Air shows Exhibition buildings Fairs Subject (Local) Firsts Personal Name Hoxsey, Arch, 1884-1910 Organization Name Grand Forks Fair (N.D.) Location Grand Forks (N.D.) Grand Forks County (N.D.) North Dakota United States Decade 1910-1919 Item Number 2000.212.169 Format of Original Photographic postcards Gelatin silver prints Dimensions of Original 9 x 14 cm. Transcription "He was killed in a flight at Los Angeles in Dec. 1910 [illegible]" - Handwritten on front of postcard. "At the Grand Forks fair in 1910 there was a air ship flight every day and every flight was successful. Frank Kent went up with the ship the last night of the exhibition" - Handwritten on back of postcard. Notes Title handwritten on front of postcard. Photographer unknown. Biography/History Archibald Hoxsey's flights at the Grand Forks Fair were the first airplane flights in North Dakota. Bibliographic Reference "Successful Air Flight: Man Bird at Grand Forks Delights Crowds" Fargo Forum and Daiily Tribune, July 20, 1910, p. 1. Repository Institution North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies Repository Collection Ronald Olin North Dakota Postcard Collection 2000 Collection Finding Aid Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1115 Credit Line Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2000.212.169) Language eng Digital ID rs003568 Original Source Postcard
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