[Automobile drivers Miss Laura Matthews and C. A. Coey sitting in an automobile parked in front of an airship]

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  • Collection ID SDN-053128
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Automobile drivers Miss Laura Matthews and C. A. Coey sitting in an automobile parked in front of an airship] [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1907]
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Informal portrait of automobile drivers Miss Laura Matthews and C. A. Coey sitting in an automobile parked in front of an airship in Chicago, Illinois. Miss Matthews was Coey's fiancee. Text on a large banner in front of the airship (or on the airship itself) reads in part: White, Eagle. Crowds of adults and children are standing in the foreground and background. The airship was a dirigible belonging to Horace B. Wild and known at first as the Eagle and later as the White City Eagle after it flew at the opening of an amusement park in Indianapolis called White City on May 26, 1906.
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  • Names
    • Matthews, Laura.
    • Coey, C. A.
    • Eagle (Airship)
  • Subjects
    • Airships Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Automobile racing drivers Illinois 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Women 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Racing automobiles 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Children Illinois 1900-1909. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) 1900-1909.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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