These kites are amazing. I’d love to know which provided the best lift. (Some of them were used to lift people, in the years shortly before the Wright Brothers.)

Originally shared by The Public Domain Review

Inventor of the first practical telephone Alexander Graham Bell smooches his wife Mabel as she stands inside one of his magnificent tetrahedral kite structures. More images from his kite work here: http://buff.ly/2sYfKJz