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Ruth Law arriving N.Y. [plane] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  Date on negative, 11-20-16
  See note under
  

• Acoustic Bubble said:

  Anyone flying those machines had guts!

• B-59 said:

  This photo was depicted in The Sunday Oregonian, December 03, 1916, SECTION FIVE, Image 66 with the caption: "Ruth Law arrived in New York recently after a flight from Chicago. Her first day's uninterrupted flight was to Hornell, 590 miles, which beat the record of Carlstrom on his first day out of Chicago. It also beat the long-distance cross-country record for this country and the woman's long-distance record for the world. After spending the night at Binghamton, she flew to New York, landing at Governor's Island. She might have made the whole distance in a day without stops if she had a bigger gas tank."

• B-59 said:

  The Arizona republican., November 27, 1916, Page PAGE FOUR has a similar photo of her just after the landing in her "cold-defying costume".

• Ryan (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for the link, B-59, and for connecting the images of Ruth Law. We'll add some information to the records the next time we update.