Object number: Colwell-RecordBK1-pg26 Gallery: Transportation Object Name: photograph Title: First Aeroplane to land at Saint John, New Brunswick Artist: Allison Montrose Colwell Date: 8 September 1912 Medium: silver print Dimensions: overall: 7.5 x 11.5 cm Credit Line: Allison Montrose Colwell fonds Notes: This plane landed and took off from the Courtney Bay flats area and was flown by Captain Tom Baldwin. Allison Colwell joined the Saint John Fire Department in 1922 and was made a captain in 1928. He retired from the fire department in 1949 and then became an insurance and real estate agent for British General Insurance Company. Mr. Colwell died on 21 May 1963.
