Mme Cayat de Castella attachee a l'appareil quelques minutes avant sa fatale ascension.
by CASTELLA, Madame Cayat de
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About This Item
Brussels, 1911. Original silver gelatin photograph on marked postcard paper and trimmed.||Mme Cayat de Castella used to strap herself to the undercarriage of her husband’s plane and then release herself at altitude. Tragically she fell to her death in a display in Brussels in 1911. This photograph shows her ready to take off for her fatal flight.| The First Female Parachutist
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- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
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- Title
- Mme Cayat de Castella attachee a l'appareil quelques minutes avant sa fatale ascension.
- Author
- CASTELLA, Madame Cayat de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Brussels
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Book,Photography
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