Image CW5G-T-1099 Curtiss, General, Shipping; Ricou, C. E. W.; Faurote, Fay Leone

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See more items in: Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records; Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records / Series 3: Glass Format Photography / 3.1: 5 x 7 Inch Glass Plate Negatives / 5 x 7 Inch Glass Plate Negative Box 36

Collection Citation: Curtiss-Wright Corporation Records, Acc. XXXX-0067, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: "1-7-20." [View of crates of aircraft and parts being loaded onto the steamship Dacre Castle, New York, January 1920. Crates are addressed to Capt. C. E. W. Ricou, Hong Kong. This cargo was shipped as part of the first shipment of American airplanes to China which included five Curtiss Model H-16 and two Curtiss HS-2L aircraft as well as additional aircraft made by Boeing and Aeromarine. Seen on railing behind crate are Fay Leone Faurote (second from left, behind cable) and Guy T. Slaughter (third from left, against railing, looking up). ]