Clothing Advertisement Featuring Katherine Stinson, "Child Aviatrice Granted License," circa 1913
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Despite her petite stature, Katherine Stinson was among the most skilled exhibition pilots in the world in the 1910s. The press dubbed her the "Flying Schoolgirl," and audiences were wowed by her abilities. This advertisement played loose with the facts -- Stinson was born in 1891 and earned her pilot's license in 1912, when she was 21 years old.
Despite her petite stature, Katherine Stinson was among the most skilled exhibition pilots in the world in the 1910s. The press dubbed her the "Flying Schoolgirl," and audiences were wowed by her abilities. This advertisement played loose with the facts -- Stinson was born in 1891 and earned her pilot's license in 1912, when she was 21 years old.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1913
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
81.121.31.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.313 in
Width: 13.375 in
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