(AVIATION) Sample contract for aviator Louis Paulhans 1910 A

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(AVIATION.) Sample contract for aviator Louis Paulhan's 1910 American tour. Mimeograph with partial manuscript completions. 3 pages, 13 x 8 1/2 inches, fastened at top to docket sheet; folds, minimal wear to contract, docket sheet moderately worn and soiled. Np, 1910

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Louis Paulhan was a French aviator who set several records before embarking on an American tour in early 1910. This contract was prepared by his manager Edward Cleary for the use of agent H.H. Gunning, who helped make the arrangements for specific events. Gunning has signed this contract and filled in the dollar amounts, but the specific dates and places are left blank. Paulhan would agree to provide at least one flight performance each afternoon, while the exhibitors were responsible for providing enclosed grounds with enough security to deter unpaid observers--no easy feat for an aerial exhibition. Paulhan was to receive the first $10,000 taken in, with receipts divided after that point. On the docket sheet, Gunning lists eight cities where the exhibitions were held, including Los Angeles, Houston, and New Orleans.