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Kite Aerial Photography [William Eddy]

National Air and Space Museum

Eddy, William A.
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Object Details

sova.nasm.xxxx.0752
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg27b6d35a6-b84a-4e06-bf5c-4d7c83a4b27a
Topic
Aeronautics
Kites
Aerial photography
Provenance
Edward Herbert Young, Gift, 1958, XXXX.0752
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Kite Aerial Photography [William Eddy]
Summary
This collection consists of photographs relating to the work of aerial kite photography pioneer William Abner Eddy (1850 - 1909).
Biographical / Historical
William Abner Eddy (January 28, 1850 - December 26, 1909) developed the diamond-shaped kite that bears his name and was a pioneer in kite aerial photography. On May 30, 1895, Eddy took the first mid-air kite photograph in the Western Hemisphere, lifting a 9 x 9 cm format camera using a train of his dihedral diamond kites.
Extent
0.05 Cubic feet
Date
bulk 1886-1897
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Identifier
NASM.XXXX.0752
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Citation
Kite Aerial Photography [William Eddy], Acc. XXXX-0752, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically within a single folder.
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Melissa A. N. Keiser, 2018.
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.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a cabinet card portrait photograph of William Eddy taken in 1886; three photographs of Eddy kites made by photographer William Snell in a studio at Bayonne, New Jersey, on July 23, 1892 (featuring children Margaret D. Eddy and Henry Wood Shelton); and three 3.5 x 3.5 inch aerial kite photographs of Washington, DC, including two of the Capitol Building, taken in September 1897 by Eddy with the assistance of Edward Herbert Young, an aviation writer and member of the Aero Scientific Club of Washington, DC. Also included in the collection is a round blue cardboard badge, with string, issued to Edward Young for the Aeronautical Trials of the Wright Military Flyer held at Fort Myer, Virginia, in 1908.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
NASM.XXXX.0752
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg27b6d35a6-b84a-4e06-bf5c-4d7c83a4b27a
NASM.XXXX.0752
NASMAC
Record ID
ebl-1535046004912-1535046004921-0

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  • Photography, Methods & Techniques, Aerial, Kites, Eddy (William A.) Kites (1897); Young, Edward Herbert

  • Eddy, William A.

  • Kites, Eddy (William A.)

  • Young, Edward Herbert; Events, Wright Brothers, Fort Myer Trials, 1908

  • Photographs and Ephemera

  • Photography, Methods & Techniques, Aerial, Kites, Eddy (William A.) Kites (1897); Young, Edward Herbert

  • Kites, Eddy (William A.)

  • Photography, Methods & Techniques, Aerial, Kites, Eddy (William A.) Kites (1897); Young, Edward Herbert

  • Kites, Eddy (William A.), Storm Kite, 1892

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