O. Chanutes Zweidecker im Fluge – Vintage Wall Art
![O. Chanutes Zweidecker im Fluge, [between 1910 and 1947] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/13/1369da358887-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of O. Chanutes Zweidecker im Fluge. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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O. Chanutes Zweidecker im Fluge
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The German caption, "O. Chanutes Zweidecker im Fluge," names Octave Chanute's biplane glider in flight. Chanute, a Chicago railroad engineer and aviation writer, organized glider trials on the Lake Michigan dunes in Indiana in 1896, where his biplane and multiplane gliders made many short, controlled flights. This picture is a photograph of a printed reproduction, marked as Fig. 39, so it likely comes from a German-language book or periodical that illustrated early aviation history. Its record dates it between 1910 and 1947, well after Chanute's death in 1910, which suggests the reproduction was made to preserve his pioneering work.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1947] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photomechanical prints 1900-1910 Reproductions.Photographic prints 1910-1950. |
| Notes | Fig. 39. Photograph of photomechanical print. |
| Subjects | Chanute, Octave,--1832-1910--Associated objects. Gliders--German--1920-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,275 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181360 |
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