Notes, Bertran Ogilvie

Object detail

Brief Description

Notes related to Bertran Ogilvie and the first powered flights in New Zealand.

Notes mention the first balloon flight at Christchurch in 1890, the drowning of Captain Lorraine in 1899 near Lyttleton and Ogilvie's idea of ailerons for airplanes.

Maker

Bertram Ogilvie; 1880; 03 May 1944

Production technique

Printed

Media/Materials description

Handwritten carbon on paper

Media/Materials

Paper/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Black Carbon/Black/Ink/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 263 x 200mm

Classification terms

Supplement, Newspaper
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject person

Lorraine; 19 Apr 1874; 02 Nov 1899

Bertram Ogilvie; 1880; 03 May 1944

Subject period

1890s/19th Century
1900s/20th Century
1940s/20th Century

Subject date

1899
1890
1907

Other number(s)

79934

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Subject place

New Zealand Polynesia Oceania Lyttelton Christchurch Canterbury South Island

Subject category

Travel Archive classification Business and trade

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