About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0092
  • TitleThe aviator by Augustus Lukeman
  • SummaryMaquette by sculptor August Lukeman memorializing World War I aviator killed in action; location of completed work on campus of the Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia.
  • Date1924
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: July 14/24. Retouched.
  • CreatorLukeman, Augustus, 1871-1935
  • SubjectLukeman, Augustus, 1871-1935 ; World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- West Virginia -- Wheeling ; War memorials -- West Virginia -- Wheeling ; Models (Clay, plaster, etc.)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationWheeling (W. Va.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Memorials: General