Ruth Law and Doris Hayes Photograph and Certificate
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Object Details
- Creator
- Law, Ruth
- Topic
- Women air pilots
- Aeronautics
- Aeronautical sports
- Provenance
- Hugh A. MacLean, Gift, 1996, NASM.1996.0021
- Creator
- Law, Ruth
- Summary
- Ruth Law (1891-1970) was the first woman to loop the loop, the first person to fly a plane at night and a one-time holder of the Chicago to New York aerial speed record. After World War I, Law was active in the "Ruth Law Flying Circus," a three-plane troupe that traveled to state and county fairs. This collection consists of a photograph of aviator Ruth Law and her passenger Doris Hayes sitting in Law's aircraft. There is also a "Certificate of Flight," signed by Law, which certifies that Hayes was her passenger in Seabreeze, Florida, on February 21, 1916.
- Biographical / Historical
- Ruth Law (1891-1970) was the first woman to loop the loop, the first person to fly a plane at night and a one-time holder of the Chicago to New York aerial speed record. After World War I, Law was active in the "Ruth Law Flying Circus," a three-plane troupe that traveled to state and county fairs. Her husband, Charles Oliver, persuaded her to retire from flying to "home and hearth" in 1922.
- Extent
- 0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Date
- 1916
- Archival Repository
- National Air and Space Museum Archives
- Identifier
- NASM.1996.0021
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Certificates
- Citation
- Ruth Law and Doris Hayes Photograph and Certificate, NASM.1996.0021, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Collection is in original order.
- Processing Information
- Arranged and described by Patricia Williams, 1996. Encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2022.
- Rights
- Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Certificates
- Scope and Contents
- This collection consists of a photograph of aviator Ruth Law and her passenger Doris Hayes sitting in Law's aircraft. There is also a "Certificate of Flight," signed by Law, which certifies that Hayes was her passenger in Seabreeze, Florida, on February 21, 1916.
- Restrictions
- No restrictions on access.
- Record ID
- ebl-1529528431533-1529528431535-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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