Octave Chanute Portrait
Octave Chanute
Aviation
19th Century
Indian ink and white chalk portrait of aviation pioneer Octave Chanute paired with the Wright Flyer and a 20th-century jet.
Octave Chanute Subject Files, Folder 5, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
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Octave Chanute Glider the "Katydid"
Octave Chanute
Aviation
19th Century
Aviation Pioneer Octave Chanute attempts to take flight using his own invention the "Katydid"
Octave Chanute Subject Files, Folder 7, Chanute Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
1896
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