Photo #: NH 77519
USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4)
Guests leaving the ship after witnessing aviator Eugene B. Ely's
successful landing and departure, 18 January 1911. The ship was
then anchored in San Francisco Bay, California.
Mabel (Hall) Ely, the aviator's wife, is standing a few steps
above the middle platform on the embarkation ladder. She is wearing
a somewhat lighter-colored coat than the other ladies near her.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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