Photocopy, Letter, Santos-Dumont
notes: label: Physical Description
content: From the accession file: A photocopy of the letter which Santos-Dumont sent me when I made my first cross-country flight Sao Paulo-Rio de Janeiro, reading as follows:
label: Physical Description
content: “Miss Anesia Pinheiro Machado.
label: Physical Description
content: My most sincere felicitations on your beautiful flight Sao Paulo-Rio, commemorating sportingly and audaciously the centennial of our Independence. I am also sending you a medal like one which I always carry with me.
label: Physical Description
content: With my sincere compliments. (signed) Santos-Dumont.”
label: Physical Description
content: This autograph shows his steady handwriting and the original manner in which he signed his name with a hyphen denoting his Brazilian-French ancestry.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: Brazil
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Anesia Pinheiro Machado.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: D19680232102
objectType: label: Type
content: LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Letters (Archives)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0