Billy Robinson's monoplane
Title
Billy Robinson's monoplane
Description
Billy Robinson designed and built this monoplane and its radial engine. In 1914 he set a speed and distance record with it, carrying mail from Des Moines to Kentland, Indiana. (Description taken from Grinnell in Vintage Postcards by Bill Menner)
Creator
Photographer - Child Art Rooms (Grinnell, Ia.)
Date
ca. 1915
Contributor
Smith, Robert D.
Rights
This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of Grinnell Public Library. See http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/copyright.htm
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm.
Type
Still image; Studio portraits
File Name
aeroplane8
Repository
Grinnell Public Library Archives
Repository Collection
Billy Robinson Collection
Digital Reproduction Information
150 dpi resolution
Contact information.
Contact Grinnell Public Library http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us
Digital item created
May 3, 2004
Notes
Finding Aid -Collection 25, Box 2