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Photo # NH 77580:  Eugene Ely with USS Pennsylvania's Commanding Officer and others, 18 January 1911

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The 1910s -- 1911

Eugene Ely's Flight to USS Pennsylvania, 18 January 1911 -- Ceremonies aboard Ship After the Landing


This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have taken of ceremonies on board USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4) shortly after Eugene Ely's 18 January 1911 landing on the ship.

For other photographs of post-landing ceremonies aboard Pennsylvania, see:

  • Eugene Ely's Flight to USS Pennsylvania, 18 January 1911 -- Shipboard Ceremonies and Preparations for the Return Flight.

    For a historical overview of Ely's historic flight to USS Pennsylvania, and links to comprehensive pictorial coverage on other aspects of the event, see:

  • Eugene Ely's Flight to USS Pennsylvania, 18 January 1911 -- Narrative and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 77528

    Aviator Eugene B. Ely


    With Captain Charles F. Pond, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), shortly after landing his airplane on board the ship, in San Francisco Bay, California, 18 January 1911.
    Ely's wife, Mabel, is standing at left. The woman at right is probably Captain Pond's wife.

    Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77514

    Aviator Eugene B. Ely


    With Captain Charles F. Pond, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), shortly after landing his airplane on board the ship, in San Francisco Bay, California, 18 January 1911.
    Ely's wife, Mabel, is second from the left. The woman at right is probably Captain Pond's wife.

    Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77580

    Aviator Eugene B. Ely


    Poses with Captain Charles F. Pond, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), shortly after Ely had landed his airplane on board the ship, in San Francisco Bay, California, 18 January 1911.
    Ely's wife, Mabel, is standing beside him, second from the left. The woman at right is probably Captain Pond's wife.
    Ely, whose landing was the first ever made on a warship, is wearing a leather helmet and goggles. Rubber inner tubes are wrapped around his shoulders to provide floatation in case he landed in the water.
    Photographed by R.J. Waters & Co.

    Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77516

    Aviator Eugene B. Ely


    With Captain Charles F. Pond, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), shortly after landing his airplane on board the ship, in San Francisco Bay, California, 18 January 1911.
    Ely's wife, Mabel, is standing beside him, holding a camera.

    Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77512

    Aviator Eugene B. Ely


    Shaking hands with a lady, probably Mrs. Charles F. Pond, shortly after he landed his airplane on board USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), in San Francisco Bay, California, 18 January 1911.
    Captain Charles F. Pond, the ship's Commanding Officer, and Ely's wife, Mabel, are between the two.

    Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     

    For other photographs of post-landing ceremonies aboard Pennsylvania, see:

  • Eugene Ely's Flight to USS Pennsylvania, 18 January 1911 -- Shipboard Ceremonies and Preparations for the Return Flight.

    For a historical overview of Ely's historic flight to USS Pennsylvania, and links to comprehensive pictorial coverage on other aspects of the event, see:

  • Eugene Ely's Flight to USS Pennsylvania, 18 January 1911 -- Narrative and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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