Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1900.434.190 |
Collection |
Condon, Glenn |
Object Name |
Postcard, Picture |
Date |
07/05/1913 |
Scope & Content |
Black & white picture postcard measuring 5.5" x 3.5" and depicting a monoplance crash at the 6th Annual Roundup held at Dewey, OK on Saturday, July 5, 1913. The image shows a number of men standing around the wreckage of a Gnome-motored Moisant monoplane piloted by Captain J. Hector Worden. While flying the plane above the grandstands for spectators, a sudden gust of wind flipped the aircraft and it crashed in the center of the area. Worden survived the crash with only cuts and bruises, but the monoplane was crushed badly. The front of the postcard contains a printed caption including an image title of "The Wreck." The caption also provides the date of July 4, 1913. However, the crash actually occurred July 5. Jake Bartles organized the first Annual Roundup in Dewey, OK in 1908. It grew into one of the largest roping and riding contests with daredevil performers. The 1913 Roundup drew a crowd estimated at 22,000. Glenn Condon of Tulsa, OK reported upon the event for the Tulsa World newspaper, and his wife, Eula Youngblood Condon, opened the event by riding a white, Kentucky, thoroughbred horse named Fairyland owned by Joe A. Bartles. |
Search Terms |
airplanes Dewey, OK Independence Day postcards rodeos Wild West shows |
People |
Worden, J. Hector |