Sanduskians gather on the ice at the Columbus Avenue dock with George Bing's biplane, an ice boat, and an automobile. City fathers encouraged carriage maker George Bing to perfect his "airship," believing that flying would be faster and a more efficient means of delivering the mail to the Erie Islands during the winter months. When Lake Erie froze, mail was delivered by ice boat
Crowds lined the dock at Sandusky's Lake Erie Dry Dock and Mill Company, waiting for Weldon B. Cooke...
This photograph shows a group of ice fishing houses (shanties), as well as a few vehicles, on a port...
This photograph shows a group of ice skaters having fun on Lake Erie. Though a scene similar to th...
In February of 1911, Sanduskians were eager to see George Bing's aircraft fly. They helped him tran...
George Bing was one of Sandusky, Ohio's prominent businessmen. He operated a carriage, bicycle, and...
Fellow Sanduskians helped carriage maker George Bing guide his biplane to the Sandusky Bay shoreline...
Sanduskians eagerly watched George Bing as he made adjustments to his engine during a test flight on...
George Bing and Sanduskians hauling his biplane to the Sandusky Bay for a trial run. The aircraft n...
Children and adults watched George Bing tuning up the engine of his biplane on ice-covered Sandusky ...
George Bing, a carriage maker whose business was located at Tiffin and Pearl streets in Sandusky, Oh...
George Bing posed in his biplane located in a field near a Castalia, Ohio, farm. Although Bing fail...
A group of local residents pose before an ice boat. Ice boats were used on Lake Erie during the win...
Sandusky, Ohio, residents gather in front of an ice boat on the Sandusky Bay. Ice boats served as b...
Sanduskians watched local carriage maker George Bing as he adjusted the engine of his biplane before...
This photograph shows a man in an ice boat on Lake Erie. Ice sailing was and still is very popular ...
Crowds lined the dock at Sandusky's Lake Erie Dry Dock and Mill Company, waiting for Weldon B. Cooke...
This photograph shows a group of ice fishing houses (shanties), as well as a few vehicles, on a port...
This photograph shows a group of ice skaters having fun on Lake Erie. Though a scene similar to th...
In February of 1911, Sanduskians were eager to see George Bing's aircraft fly. They helped him tran...
George Bing was one of Sandusky, Ohio's prominent businessmen. He operated a carriage, bicycle, and...
Fellow Sanduskians helped carriage maker George Bing guide his biplane to the Sandusky Bay shoreline...
Sanduskians eagerly watched George Bing as he made adjustments to his engine during a test flight on...
George Bing and Sanduskians hauling his biplane to the Sandusky Bay for a trial run. The aircraft n...
Children and adults watched George Bing tuning up the engine of his biplane on ice-covered Sandusky ...
George Bing, a carriage maker whose business was located at Tiffin and Pearl streets in Sandusky, Oh...
George Bing posed in his biplane located in a field near a Castalia, Ohio, farm. Although Bing fail...
A group of local residents pose before an ice boat. Ice boats were used on Lake Erie during the win...
Sandusky, Ohio, residents gather in front of an ice boat on the Sandusky Bay. Ice boats served as b...
Sanduskians watched local carriage maker George Bing as he adjusted the engine of his biplane before...
This photograph shows a man in an ice boat on Lake Erie. Ice sailing was and still is very popular ...
Crowds lined the dock at Sandusky's Lake Erie Dry Dock and Mill Company, waiting for Weldon B. Cooke...
This photograph shows a group of ice fishing houses (shanties), as well as a few vehicles, on a port...
This photograph shows a group of ice skaters having fun on Lake Erie. Though a scene similar to th...