Talk on Monrovia’s Safer Aeroplane Company

Safer Tandem Monoplane (Photo – Monrovia Historical Society)

Historian Paul R. Spitzzeri will give a free talk on April 6 at 2:00 pmat the Monrovia Public Library, exploring the brief history of Monrovia’s “Safer Aeroplane Company,” a 1914 aviation company that promised great things with its “tandem monoplane” design.

By News Desk

Sponsored by the Monrovia Historical Society, the talk is titled “It Will Cause a Sensation in the World of Aviation Someday: The Brief History of the Safer Aeroplane Company of Monrovia, 1914.” Spitzzeri, Museum Director at the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, is a recognized historian of California, with writings published in numerous historical journals and anthologies.

The Monrovia Historical Society brings the town’s history to the public through special events, the Legacy Project—an online database of images and documents—and through The Anderson House, which it maintains and furnishes to showcase Monrovia life in the late 1800s.

Talk on Monrovia’s Safer Aeroplane Company
April 6, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
Monrovia Public Library
321 S Myrtle Ave.
Monrovia, CA 91016