Group at Charles River with seaplane, 1948

Object summary

Title: Group at Charles River with seaplane, 1948
Object ID: GCP-00007371
Date made: 1948-06-11
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT, Building 51
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

A crowd watches the Comptons receive gifts delivered by seaplane as part of the "aerial shower". The Boston skyline is visible beyond the Charles River. Text on recto reads "Aerial 'shower' for MHC, by Class of 1898, with Maj. Lester Gardner + Adm. Louis de Florez, at M.I.T. boathouse, June 1948. Gifts flown in from all over the world."

Original Caption: "Aerial Shower, 1948".