Iowa Heritage Digital Collections
State Library of Iowa

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