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That is aviator James J. "Jimmie" Ward (born in Denmark as Jens P. Wilson, b. 1886 - d. December 3, 1923) taking off from Governors Island in his Curtiss Pusher biplane (a Curtiss Model D named the "Hearst Pathfinder") on September 13, 1911, as he started his attempt to win the William Randolph Hearst Prize. Otherwise known as the "Hearst Transcontinental Prize" or "Hearst Prize", $50,000 was offered by William Randolph Hearst in October 1910 to the first aviator to complete a transcontinental flight across the United States in less than 30 days, no later than October 11, 1911. Jimmie Ward would withdraw from the race nine days later after his aircraft's engine failed, causing it to crash land just west of Addison, New York, suffering damage beyond repair. Cal Rodgers in his Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" would also compete for the prize, becoming the first person to complete a transcontinental flight across the United States. However, Rodgers would fail to win the Hearst Prize because his journey lasted 49 days (September 13-November 5, 1911)

Thanks so much for the information TVL 1970. We'll fill in the title information the next time we update the record.

Ward with Frederick Dent Grant, resident General of Governor's Island: Ward on Governor's Island, prior to takeoff:

This is amazing, breathtaking, and a shot of the raw freedoms that some of us have the ability to share

La tête de la statue fut présentée à l'Exposition Universelle de Paris de 1878. La main et le flambeau furent présentés à celle de Philadelphie en 1876.Ils seront exposés au Madison Square à New York pendant cinq ans. Centennial Exhibition Digital Collection. The head of the statue was presented at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1878. In 1876, in connection with the Universal Exhibition in Philadelphia, hand and torch are shipped to New York, and displayed at Madison Square for five years . Centennial Exhibition Digital Collection. > Sur Bartholdi / About Barthodi www.insecula.com/contact/A006782.html Wikipedia : in english en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%c3%a9d%c3%a9ric_Bartholdi ( translate with google)

This photo is being discussed in one of the projects in the Flickr Commons group, and we would love to have this added to the group pool!

There's a clearer version of this photograph by Albert Fernique here.  Note the two "life-size" replicas of the Statue of Liberty on either side of the full-size head.  

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Noble Architecture (Fav 1, Comment on 1), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

According to the July 3, 1917 NY Evening Post the 1917 Fourth of July parade in NY included a "pageant arranged by the Mayor's Committee of Women at the City College Stadium. It included society ladies portraying various of the allied nations. In particular

Mrs Lydig Hoyt, accompanied by a detachment of French sailors, representing France, will arrive to the strains of the march of the "Sombre et Otse."

Julia Hoyt (Mrs. Lydig Hoyt) is here dressed as Marianne, the French personification of Liberte. In the next photo Mrs. Mitchell Henry is dressed as Britannia. I don't know who Mrs. Louis Kaufman is supposed to portray.

The rest of the Bain 4641 series also lines up with the the Post article and show the Stadium and a few other dignitaries and society ladies.

Seuss. , thank for find this information. I looked around for Ms. Kaufman, and found a source which said she was Belgium (see www.google.com/books/edition/Annual_Report_of_the_America...). I think we're going to have the rest of the images from this event in next week's set.

for more on Mrs Lydig Hoyt see comments under