Original Photograph of John Gameter in His 1908 Plane.
by GAMETER, John [aviator]
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
[Akron, OH], 1908. The photograph of Gamater in his plane ready for take off is 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. It is affixed to a sheet of thick black craft paper. The long manuscript caption below the photo reads: 1908 Built by John Garameter and George Muckensturm. First Trial Flight Portage Country Club, Diagonal Road. 2 cylinder gasoline engine. Lift; 6 ft for 150 ft. Photo taken by Geo Muckensturm. John Gameter in cock pit. Fine condition.This photo of two rank amateurs building their own plane and flying it was taken only 5 years after the Wright Brothers historic flight. The Portage Country Club is in Akron, Ohio. Many of the early developments in flight took place in Ohio. And the field on which Gameter's plane sits certainly looks like a golf range. Goodrich employee and golf enthusiast, John Gameter, invented the automatic golf-ball winding machine, which used two threads simultaneously and mechanised thewhole ball-making process. A born tinkerer.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74113
- Title
- Original Photograph of John Gameter in His 1908 Plane.
- Author
- GAMETER, John [aviator]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- [Akron, OH]
- Date Published
- 1908
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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