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The Collection: Stories: New York, New York

A set of images taken during Coffyn's flights in the Wright Model B hydroaeroplane over New York, 1912. Now employed by the Alger brothers of Detroit, who owned the airplane, Coffyn flew over the harbor with a photographer. He later flew with an automatic motion picture camera, recording the first aerial footage of New York City. The flights were a sensation in the city, and Coffyn added to the drama by flying under both the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges.

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Ship seen from the Model B Hydroaeroplane.
1		Governor's Island, seen from the Model B hydroaeroplane. Used as the front page photograph of the New York American newspaper.
2		Frank Coffyn flying near a tugboat, New York Harbor.
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Frank Coffyn flying under the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1912.
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  1. Ship seen from the Model B Hydroaeroplane.
  2. Governor's Island, seen from the Model B hydroaeroplane. Used as the front page photograph of the New York American newspaper.
  3. Frank Coffyn flying near a tugboat, New York Harbor.
  4. Frank Coffyn flying under the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1912.

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