Atwood Over Lake Erie, 1911

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Atwood Over Lake Erie, 1911
Aviator Harry Atwood flies over Lake Erie as spectators look on in boats off of Euclid Beach. The New York Times reported that 30,000 people came to the amusement park to greet the aviator when he landed, and that 75,000 more gathered at various points along the city's shoreline to watch him fly by.

Atwood stopped at Euclid Beach on his 12-day airplane trip from St. Louis to New York City in August 1911. The trip set a world record for long-distance flight. | Date: 1911 | Source: Image Courtesy of Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Division of Special Collections. Cleveland Press Collection.
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Image Courtesy of Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Division of Special Collections. Cleveland Press Collection.

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1911
"Atwood Over Lake Erie, 1911" appears in: Flight Pioneers at Euclid Beach