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| Advertisement | Wright Aviators' Air Show (1912) |
| Publication Source | Metropolitan Theater program, p. 16 |
| Publisher | Metropolitan Theatre Company |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | May 19, 1912
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| Advertisement Text | May 29 and 30. The famous Wright aviators. Phil O. Parmalee. J. Clifford Turpin. Assisted by W.M. Morton. Wagner's Band. Cars every two minutes to The Meadows. Admission, 50c. |
| Contextual Notes | Phillip Orin Parmalee and J. Clifford Turpin were both trained as airplane pilots by the Wright Brothers in 1910. Parmalee was the first pilot to transport commercial cargo and he established a world speed record (65 miles in 57 minutes). He was killed during an air show in Yakima, Washington, on June 1, 1912. Turpin survived the crash.
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| Category | Transportation and communication
Entertainment and leisure activities
Sports and outdoor activities |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Air shows--Washington (State); Aircraft; Air pilots |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0444 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
