Black Notebook #15
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Record 33/5355
Copyright Marblehead Historical Commission
Collection Marblehead Town History
Abstract
3 W. STARLING BURGESS…EARLY WRIGHT PILOT-ENGINEER-
MANUFACTURER…born… December 25, 1876 in Boston, Mass…
BURGESS, GREELY S. CURTIS AND A.W. HERRING BUILT AN AEROPLANE AT THE BURGESS BOAT YARD AT LITTLE HARBOR,
IN MARBLEHEAD, DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OF 1908-1910…

5 AVIATION PIONEER'S STORY TO BE TOLD…picture of Burgess Biplane in Marblehead Harbor…date 1917…Picture of old Burgess Airplane at Burgess plant that burned on the night of the false armistice, 1918…

7 PICTURE AND PARTIAL WRITE-UP OF 'MODEL H AFTER FIRST MODIFICATION BY GROVER LOENING WITH AILERONS INSTALLED… (Photo - Smithsonian A-41,062)….

9 SEEMS TO BE THE LAST PAGE OF A STORY THAT WAS WRITTEN BY BARTLETT GOULD…He is a member, besides A.A.H.S., of the Connecticut
Historical Association, the Canadian Aviation Historical Society, and the Wing-foot
L.T.A Society…


Home Location Shelf in Far Room
Object ID 1961-003-05015
Object Name Album
People Burgess, Sterling
Wright, Wilber
Curtis, Greely S.
Gould, Bartlett
Osborne, Bowden
Search Terms Marblehead Harbor
Title Black Notebook #15
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Rev. 2.0 2/2013 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number, not the Record Number)     historic@marblehead.org
Last modified on: February 22, 2013