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Tanforan Race Track Jan 24, 1910

Tanforan Race Track, San Bruno. Likely Frenchman Louis Paulhan making the first known airplane flight in San Mateo County. Airplane flying over crowd assembled at a racetrack, trees line the background. The plane is a copy of a Bristol Boxkite built by Paulhan.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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