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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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