Photograph of African American aviators Bessie Coleman and Hubert F. Julian.
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Description
- Title
- Photograph of African American aviators Bessie Coleman and Hubert F. Julian.
- Creator
- McCullough. F. H.
- Contributor
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Coleman, Bessie, 1892-1926
Julian, Hubert F. (Hubert Fauntleroy), 1897-1983
McCullough. F. H. - Published / Created
- 1922 September 3.
- Abstract
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Photograph by F. H. McCullough of African American aviators Bessie Coleman and Hubert F. Julian at an air show on Labor Day, September 3, 1922, at the Glenn Curtiss Field at Garden City, Long Island, New York, which honored veterans of the all-African American 369th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army. The show was Coleman's first air show and the first parachute jump by Julian. Julian wears a sweater with partially readable lettering, "Peerless Pete, 1921, World's ...," as well as a harness tethered to a parachute out of the frame of the image. A newspaper clipping affixed to the verso of the print briefly discusses three flights that day by Coleman.
- Description
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Blindstamp on recto: F. H. McCullough.
Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman (1892-1926) was an African American civil aviator, pilot, and parachutist, as well as the first African American to hold an international pilot license from the Fédération aéronautique internationale.
Hubert F. "Black Eagle" Julian (1897-1983) was a Trinidad-born African American aviation pioneer and adventurer.
Purchased from William Reese Co. (Swann Galleries sale, New York, 2009 February 26, lot 142) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2009.
Title devised by cataloger.
Two discrete inkstamps on verso: Sep 3 -1922 and 739. - Extent
- 1 photographic print : b & w ; 9.5 x 12 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- JWJ MSS 122
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
- Photographic prints
- Resource Type
- Prints & Photographs
- Subject (Geographic)
- Garden City (N.Y.)--Pictorial works
- Subject (Name)
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Coleman, Bessie, 1892-1926
Julian, Hubert F. (Hubert Fauntleroy), 1897-1983
McCullough. F. H. - Subject (Topic)
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African American air pilots--Pictorial works
African American women air pilots--Pictorial works
African Americans in aeronautics--Pictorial works
Air pilots--United States--Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- F. H. McCullough, Photograph of African American Aviators Bessie Coleman and Hubert F. Julian. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12178786
- Object ID (OID)
- 16818827
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