Rickenbacker, Col. W.A. Bishop – Antique Wall Art
(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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Rickenbacker, Col. W.A. Bishop
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Here the caption pairs two of the best-known fighter pilots of the First World War: Eddie Rickenbacker, the American ace, and William A. "Billy" Bishop, the Canadian airman who won the Victoria Cross. The title comes from the Bain News Service's own notes, which were never verified, and the record gives no date, so the pairing is a lead for research rather than settled fact. Bain's agency sent out many news pictures of public figures in the 1910s and 1920s, and this glass negative belongs to that body of work.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,235 × 4,768 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-39903 |
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