ASHBURN FIELD, 1916

By 1916, the US Government offered the sum of $100 000 for the development of aviation. The old project was revived, but it needed an airfield. Charles Dickson presented the City of Chicago with terrain at Ashburn Field (83rd St. and Cicero Ave), which officially opened on 28 October 1916.
From FISA Bulletin 114
  
 
Lester F. Bishop
  
 
Ashburn Field,
Chicago, Ill. - 1916
Photo from collection of
Lester Bishop
Courtesy of David Balanky
  

 
 
Lester F. Bishop
Lester F. Bishop
  
 
Ashburn Field,
Chicago, Ill. - 1916
Photo from collection of
Lester Bishop
Courtesy of David Balanky
Ashburn Field,
Chicago, Ill. - 1916
Photo from collection of
Lester Bishop
Courtesy of David Balanky
  

 
 
Lester F. Bishop
Lester F. Bishop
  
 
Ashburn Field,
Chicago, Ill. - 1916
Photo from collection of
Lester Bishop
Courtesy of David Balanky
Ashburn Field,
Chicago, Ill. - 1916
Photo from collection of
Lester Bishop
Courtesy of David Balanky
  

 
 
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