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| Title | Pontoons for world's flight plane, Seattle, 1924 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1924 |
| Caption | In 1924, United States army pilots became the first to fly around the world. This wasn't easy: at that time, planes were fragile and carried only a small amount of fuel. The men flew north to Alaska in four Douglas-built, single-engine, two-seater biplanes and returned to the city 176 days later. The planes were outfitted with pontoons for taking off and landing on the water. In this photo, men carry a pontoon to be placed on one of the planes in preparation for take-off from Sand Point. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Worlds F. Planes Pontoons.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Airplane equipment--Washington (State)--Seattle; Cameras--Washington (State)--Seattle; Photographers--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.11612.2 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 105632 |
